“Since the days of Gibeah,
You have sinned!
O Israel!
There they have continued.
Shall not war overtake them
In Gibeah?
I will come
Against the wayward people
To punish them.
Nations shall be gathered
Against them,
When they are punished
For their double iniquity.”
Gibeah was just north of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin. The first battle of Gibeah was at the time of the Judges, chapters 19-21. The men of Gibeah raped the wife of an Ephraim Levite. However, he got the other tribes of Israel to attack the people of Benjamin. Finally, the Israelites were successful in defeating the people of Gibeah, in the territory of Benjamin. Clearly, the men of Gibeah had sinned. So, had Israel. Thus, the Israelites were successful. Now it looks like there would be another fight against Gibeah that was once destroyed. They would be punished again for their double iniquity, since they had raped 2 women. They also would not turn over the men who did this.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 