I Will Surely Go
Of the time of the judges in Israel “there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). This statement was repeated later: “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). There was no king, but perhaps more importantly there were few prophets. The word prophet only appears once in the whole book: “That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage” (Judges 6:8). Other than that, the people seemed to be on their own for the most part except when a judge rose up to help deliver them from their enemies. Towards the end of the book (Judges 17-21) the wickedness of the people was terrible. This is especially illustrated in the awful story described in Judges 19. After listening to that story today I was disgusted by it and would much pref...