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Judges 2:17
Bible Versions
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.
And yet they would not hearken {H8085} unto their judges {H8199}, but they went a whoring {H2181} after {H310} other {H312} gods {H430}, and bowed {H7812} themselves unto them: they turned {H5493} quickly {H4118} out of the way {H1870} which their fathers {H1} walked in {H1980}, obeying {H8085} the commandments {H4687} of the LORD {H3068}; but they did {H6213} not so.
Yet they did not pay attention to their judges, but made whores of themselves to other gods and worshipped them; they quickly turned away from the path on which their ancestors had walked, the way of obeying ADONAI's mitzvot - they failed to do this.
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.
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.
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