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Judges 13:1-14:20

Out of the Eater

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Out of the Eater

Judges 13:1-14:20

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This song belongs to the Judges collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Judges
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Judges
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World Music
[Verse 1] Forty years beneath the Philistines, a barren house received a word, A son would bear the Nazirite sign and start deliverance for Israel. Manoah watched the offering flame; the messenger rose within, And Samson grew beneath the blessing while the Spirit stirred in Dan. [Pre-Chorus] A lion roared beside the road, Bare hands tore the terror down. [Chorus] Out of the eater came something to eat, Out of the strong came something sweet. But riddles hid a heart unruled, And strength without wisdom became a wounded tool. [Verse 2] Samson chose a wife from Timnath though his parents questioned why, God was seeking an occasion against the rulers of the land. Later honey filled the carcass; he ate and gave but did not tell, Then thirty men received the riddle at the seven-day wedding feast. [Bridge] Threats turned tears into betrayal, pressure opened Samson's word, Before the sunset came the answer from the men who used his bride. The Spirit moved him down to Ashkelon for garments owed by wager, Then anger sent him home alone, while another took his wife. [Final Chorus] Out of the eater came something to eat, Out of the strong came something sweet. But riddles hid a heart unruled, And strength without wisdom became a wounded tool. [Outro] The promise moved within him, But so did every unruled fire.

Named in this songSamson

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Judges 13: Samson’s birth is announced before Israel cries out

Judges 13 begins Samson’s account before Samson can make a single choice. Israel is under Philistine rule for forty years, yet no national cry for deliverance appears. The angel of the LORD comes first to Manoah’s unnamed wife, names her barrenness, promises a son, and gives instructions connected with his Nazirite consecration. The promise itself is limited: he will begin to deliver Israel. Manoah asks for the messenger to return, and God hears him, but the angel again appears first to the woman and points Manoah back to the instructions already given her. An offering rises in flame, the angel ascends with it, and Manoah fears death. His wife reasons more steadily from the accepted offering and promised future. Samson is born, blessed, and the Spirit begins to move him.

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Judges 14: Desire, a riddle, and a compromised beginning

Judges 14 brings Samson’s consecrated calling into contact with appetite, secrecy, and Philistine conflict. He sees a woman in Timnath and insists that his parents get her because she pleases him. Judges notes that the situation will provide an occasion against Philistia, without turning Samson’s desire into a model of wisdom. On the road, the Spirit empowers him to tear a lion, and later he secretly takes honey from the carcass. At the wedding feast he converts that private experience into a riddle with garments at stake. The companions cannot solve it, so they threaten his bride and her father with fire. Under pressure she obtains the answer from Samson and passes it on. Samson pays the wager through violence at Ashkelon, leaves angry, and his wife is given to his companion.

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