Judges 9:56
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
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- 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.
- Judges 9:24; Job 31:3; Psalm 9:12; Psalm 11:6; Psalm 58:10, 11; Psalm 94:23; Proverbs 5:22; Matthew 7:2; Acts 28:4; Galatians 6:7; Revelation 19:20, 21