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Judges 2:12

Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

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ASV

and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

KJV

And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעַזְב֞וּvai.ya.'az.Vuand they forsookH5800 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
אֲבוֹתָ֗ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1 →
הַמּוֹצִ֣יאha.mo.Tzi'who brought outH3318 →
אוֹתָם֮'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimEgyptH4714 →
וַיֵּלְכ֞וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י׀'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֗ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
מֵאֱלֹהֵ֤יme.'e.lo.Heisome of [the] gods ofH430 →
הָֽעַמִּים֙ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
סְבִיב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םse.vi.Vo.tei.Hem[were] around themH5439 →
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וַיַּכְעִ֖סוּvai.yakh.'I.suand they provoked to angerH3707 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Judges 10:13But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Deuteronomy 6:14–15Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.Deuteronomy 29:25And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,Deuteronomy 5:9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,1 Chronicles 5:25They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Deuteronomy 31:16–17And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.Judges 5:8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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An Angel Appears to the Israelites — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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