Judges 9:55-57

9:55

9:56

God repaid <07725 0430> [God rendered.]

Both the fratricide Abimelech and the unprincipled men of Shechem had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be avoided; but there is no escape from that of God. How many houses have been sown with salt in France, by the just judgment of God, for the massacre of the Protestants on the eve of St. Bartholomew! See Note on ver. 45.

9:57

spoken <0935> [upon them.]