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Judges/Deuteronomy - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Idolatry: Israel worships Baal/Ashtoreth (Judges 2:11–13), violating Deuteronomy 5:7–9.
      - Curses: God allows enemy subjugation (Judges 2:14–15), fulfilling Deuteronomy 28:25.
      - Mercy: When Israel repents, God raises judges to deliver them (Judges 2:16–18), aligning with Deuteronomy 4:29–31’s promise of restoration
    - - 4 times more coverage of curses than blessings (Thompson 268). The curses often point to being oppressed through warring and being conquered. Numerous times Moses repeats the phrase "your enemies will distress you." This is to show that peace and rest comes only through right fellowship with God.
      - these blessings and curses share a common aim, to lead the people to "security, material prosperity, and abundance in the land God is giving to his people." (Thompson 268). This point is proven by Deuteronomy 28:47-48.
      - the blessings communicate God's goodness. He had redeemed Israel not only to belong to him, but to bless them. The curses are a demonstration of his judgement on the evil of being faithless creation to a faithful God.
        
        These blessings and curses were signs pointing to a greater reality (Deuteronomy 28:45-46). Fellowship with God means life, and rebellion against him means death.(Thompson 269)
- - - - Matthew Henry claims that verse 15 of Judges 2 is referencing "the curse and death set before them in the covenant, with the blessing and life." (130 Henry)