Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them,.... Which was an evidence of the truth of their repentance, and showed their confessions and humiliations to be genuine:

and served the Lord; and…

Here is, I. A humble confession which Israel make to God in their distress, Jdg 10:10. Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the…

The first half of the verse resembles Gen 35:2 E, Jos 24:20-23 E, 1Sa 7:3.

strange gods i.e. foreigngods, E's expression: Jos 24:20; Jos 24:23, etc.; contrast other gods, Jdg 10:10.

was grieved lit.…