Judges 10:14Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!"
The setting
Central Israel, ~1100 BC. The Israelites are oppressed by Ammonites and Philistines after 18 years of idol worship. God speaks through a prophet...
The emotion here: righteous anger mixed with heartbreak over repeated betrayal
The original word
za'aq (זָעַק) — to cry out in distress, the same word used when they cried out from Egyptian slavery
Why it matters
The Israelites had adopted gods of seven different nations around them
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What most readers miss in Judges 10:14
God uses the exact same Hebrew word they used crying out from Egypt — bitter irony
Common misconceptionPeople think this shows God doesn't care, but it's actually God caring so much that Israel's betrayal breaks His heart into sarcasm.
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Bible Genome reading
Judges 10:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Judges 10:14 comes from the book of Judges, written during the judges period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine sarcasm, idol impotence. Notable phrases: Go and cry to the gods; Let them save you. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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