KJV ORIGINAL
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
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.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
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
This occurs after the Philistines burned Samson's wife and her father alive in retaliation for Samson's earlier acts of vengeance against them. Samson had been caught in an escalating cycle of revenge with the Philistines, who were the dominant foreign power oppressing Israel at this time. The Philistines controlled much of the coastal region and frequently clashed with the Israelites.
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