Judg 3:7 | KingComments | STEP | Seven times we read in this book that “the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD” ( ). These words herald every time again a new period of decay. Forgetting the LORD their God and serving the idols are the two aspects of evil, both of which become visible here. The second evil results from the first. It can't be any other way. He who forgets God no longer keeps His commandments and no longer listens to Him. A void is created. If there is no place for God, there is place for an idol. He will fill the void that has arisen with all kinds of other things to which someone will devote his attention, time and energy. This other thing becomes an idol than. In the explanation of Judges 2:13 Baal has already been mentioned. The “Asheroth“ or “sacred poles”, as it also can be translated, are possibly a kind of fence around the idol, to protect it (cf. ).

‏ Judges 3:7

Evil in the Sight of the LORD

Seven times we read in this book that “the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD” (Jdg 2:11 ; Jdg 3:7 ; 12 ; Jdg 4:1 ; Jdg 6:1 ; Jdg 10:6 ; Jdg 13:1). These words herald every time again a new period of decay. Forgetting the LORD their God and serving the idols are the two aspects of evil, both of which become visible here. The second evil results from the first. It can't be any other way. He who forgets God no longer keeps His commandments and no longer listens to Him. A void is created.

If there is no place for God, there is place for an idol. He will fill the void that has arisen with all kinds of other things to which someone will devote his attention, time and energy. This other thing becomes an idol than. In the explanation of Judges 2:13 Baal has already been mentioned. The “Asheroth“ or “sacred poles”, as it also can be translated, are possibly a kind of fence around the idol, to protect it (cf. Jdg 6:25).