And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Samson said to them, 'Even though you have done this to me, I will still get my revenge on you, and only then will I stop.'
Samson is declaring that despite what the Philistines have done, he's determined to get revenge on them before he'll consider the matter settled.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Judges, Samson was a powerful judge raised by God to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Philistines, who were their dominant enemies at the time. In Judges 15, after the Philistines retaliated against Samson's earlier actions by burning his wife and her father, he declared his intent to seek vengeance before stopping. This episode reflects the chaotic era of the judges, when Israel frequently faced cycles of sin, oppression, and deliverance due to their lack of a centralized king.
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