He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
KJV
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
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Commentary
And he gave them into the hand of the Heathen,.... In the times of the judges; as into the hands of the Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, and Philistines, to whom they became tributaries; see the book of Judges.
And they that hated them ruled over them; as it was threatened and foretold they should, in case they did not observe the law of God,
Lev 26:17
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