V.1-7 You will remember how quietly Gideon had replied to these same people of Ephraim. But Jephthah is a rough man and he acts differently. A believer needs to be patient, he doesn’t fight back when criticized.
V.6 Even for not being able to pronounce a word properly, he slew 42,000 men. All this shows how low Israel had sunk at this time.
V.8-15 Twenty-five years pass by. Not a word about the Lord. Only comments on how selfishly they lived.