They put away — This was an evidence of the sincerity of their sorrow, that they did not only confess their sins, but also forsake them. His soul, &c. — He acted towards them, like one that felt their sufferings; he had pity upon them, quite changed his carriage towards them, and punished their enemies as sorely as if they had grieved and injured his own person.
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Judges 10:16
16 And they put away the strangee gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.