57 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the (f) curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
(f) For making a tyrant their king.
And all the evil of the men of Shechem,.... In aiding Abimelech to slay his brethren, and in making him king after so foul a fact committed:
did God render upon their heads; by suffering Abimelech to beat down their city, and destroy the inhabitants of it, and by burning the hold in which the men of the tower of Shechem were, and them in it:
and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal; both upon Abimelech, and the men of Shechem, they being destroyed by one another, as Jotham imprecated they might, and foretold they would, see Judges 9:20.
Render upon their heads - Thus God preserved the honour of his government, and gave warning to all ages, to expect blood for blood.
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