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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 to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

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ASV

And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

KJV

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְגַ֤םve.Gamand alsoH1571 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙sho.fe.tei.Hemjudges theirH8199 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
שָׁמֵ֔עוּsha.Me.'uthey listenedH8085 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
זָנ֗וּza.Nuthey acted as prostitutesH2181 →
אַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
סָ֣רוּSa.ruthey turned asideH5493 →
מַהֵ֗רma.HerquicklyH4118 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַדֶּ֜רֶךְha.De.rekhthe wayH1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הָלְכ֧וּha.le.Khuthey had walkedH1980 →
אֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.Tamfathers theirH1 →
לִשְׁמֹ֥עַlish.Mo.a'to obeyH8085 →
מִצְוֹת־mitz.vot-[the] commandments ofH4687 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
עָ֥שׂוּ'A.suthey didH6213 →
כֵֽן׃KhensoH3651 →

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Galatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—Deuteronomy 9:12And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Judges 2:7And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.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.Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.Revelation 17:1–5Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.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 9:16And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.Exodus 34:15–16Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Psalms 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.Exodus 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”Joshua 24:31Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Joshua 24:24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

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