John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 5:8 - 5:8

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 5:8 - 5:8


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Jdg_5:8 They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Ver. 8. They chose new gods.] ôá êáéíá êåíá: Nihil mihi antiquius, id est potius: We should set a jealous eye upon novelties, and say, The old is better. Idolatry is ancient, but not in comparison of God’s true worship. The serpent’s grammar first taught men to decline God plurally, Eritis sicut Dii, ye shall be as gods, saith Damianus.



Then was war in the gates.] Hannibal ad portas; the enemy came up to their very gates, disarming and disabling them for their own defence. Rome, since it became Antichristian, was never besieged, but it was taken. Idolatry is a land desolating sin.