(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Judges 4:1–3, “And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.”
This section is not just to show how Israel is evil and fails. We know that, from the beginning, mankind has always been sinful and tried to run away from the Lord’s will. We are all faced, on a daily basis, with the problem that confronted Eve; “Will I accept the Lord’s definition of what is good and evil or will I seek to define good and evil for myself. The Lord is the only Person in existence that has the wisdom and experience to define what is good and evil and as soon as someone else tries to take that responsibility then everything starts to fall apart. This section, however, illustrates a different point as well. The Lord works to bring His people back rather than drive then away. They chose to reject the Lord’s wisdom and He let them experience the worst that sin could offer and the awesome might of the Lord’s enemies so that His people would rely on Him and not on the power or might of sin
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