Judges 2:19
in Judges 2But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
KJV
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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This verse in Judges 2
Commentary
8 notes on this verseWhen the judge was dead - It appears that in general the office of the judge was for life. Their stubborn way - Their hard or difficult way. Most sinners go through great tribulation, in order to get to eternal perdition; they would have had less pain in their way to heaven.
This site's exposition
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge
on Judges 2:18-19
The reason given for the rescue is their groaning, with no word of repentance, since "the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning", and deliverance lasts exactly as long as the judge lives. Verse 19 turns the cycle into a descent, for "the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers". Each round starts lower than the last, and the book is built on that slope.
This site's exposition
their evil practices and stubborn ways
Adam Clarke infers that a judge held office for life. He reads stubborn ways as hard ways, since many sinners suffer more on the road to ruin than they would on the road to heaven. John Wesley calls the practices their own because they suited a nature corrupted in all people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Returned - To their former, and usual course. Their fathers - In Egypt, or in the wilderness. Their own doings - That is, from their evil practices, which he calls their own, because they were agreeable to their own natures, which in all mankind are deeply and universally corrupted, and because they were familiar and customary to them.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead,....
They had been espoused to God, but broke the marriage-covenant, and went a whoring after these gods. Idolatry is spiritual adultery, so vile, and base, and perfidious a thing is it, and so hardly are those reclaimed that are addicted to it.
God's just resolution hereupon was still to continue the rod over them, 1. Their sin was sparing the Canaanites, and this in contempt and violation of the covenant God had made with them and the commands he had given them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy. served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה׀ | vehayah | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּמ֣וֹת | bemot | when died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| הַשּׁוֹפֵ֗ט | hashofet | the judge | H8199 → | 202 times |
| יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ | yashuvu | they turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ | vehishchitu | and they acted corruptly | H7843 → | 146 times |
| מֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔ם | meavotam | more than fathers their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לָלֶ֗כֶת | lalekhet | by walking | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ʾelohim | gods | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| לְעָבְדָ֖ם | leavedam | to serve them | H5647 → | 288 times |
| וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת | ulehishtachavot | and to bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לָהֶ֑ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙ | hipilu | they let drop | H5307 → | 435 times |
| מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם | mimaaleihem | any of deeds their | H4611 → | |
| וּמִדַּרְכָּ֖ם | umidarkam | and any of way their | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הַקָּשָֽׁה׃ | hakashah | <the> stubborn | H7186 → |
וְהָיָ֣ה׀and it was
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בְּמ֣וֹתwhen died
bemotH4191 →839 times
הַשּׁוֹפֵ֗טthe judge
hashofetH8199 →202 times
יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙they turned back
yashuvuH7725 →1056 times
וְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּand they acted corruptly
vehishchituH7843 →146 times
מֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔םmore than fathers their
meavotamH1 →1212 times
לָלֶ֗כֶתby walking
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
אַֽחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
אֱלֹהִ֣יםgods
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲחֵרִ֔יםother
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
לְעָבְדָ֖םto serve them
leavedamH5647 →288 times
וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תand to bow down
ulehishtachavotH7812 →172 times
לָהֶ֑םto <the> them
lahem
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙they let drop
hipiluH5307 →435 times
מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םany of deeds their
mimaaleihemH4611 →
וּמִדַּרְכָּ֖םand any of way their
umidarkamH1870 →707 times
הַקָּשָֽׁה׃<the> stubborn
hakashahH7186 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 8:33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
it leads to
- Judges 9:4
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
- Judges 9:46
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- Judges 8:27
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Judges 2:17
Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience…
- Judges 9:4
Through
Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
it leads to
- Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- Numbers 32:14
Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
- Genesis 15:16
Through
Judges 4:1After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
- Leviticus 26:23–25
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Jeremiah 5:3
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About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.