TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.
Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
May all your enemies perish like this, O LORD! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.
then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.(Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)
Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.