And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
The people of Israel forgot about the LORD their God, who had rescued them from all their enemies on every side.
The writer is pointing out how the Israelites forgot about God after He had saved them from all their enemies around them.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Judges, the Israelites were in a repeating cycle of turning away from God, facing oppression from enemies, crying out for deliverance, and then being saved by leaders called judges. In this specific account, Gideon had recently led the Israelites to victory over the Midianites, freeing them from their oppressors through God's power. Despite these repeated acts of deliverance, the people soon forgot God's role in their salvation and returned to their old ways.
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