Judges 2:17

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hearken	שָׁמֵ֔עוּ sha.Me.'u	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
judges	שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙ sho.fe.tei.Hem	H8199	to judge · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
whoring	זָנ֗וּ za.Nu	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
after	אַֽחֲרֵי֙ 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
other	אֲחֵרִ֔ים 'a.che.Rim	H312	properly · adjective, masculine plural absolute
gods	אֱלֹהִ֣ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
bowed	וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ vai.yish.ta.cha.Vu	H7812	to depress · conjunction + verb, sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
turned	סָ֣רוּ Sa.ru	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
quickly	מַהֵ֗ר ma.Her	H4118	properly · verb, piel infinitive construct
way	הַדֶּ֜רֶךְ ha.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֛ם 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
in	הָלְכ֧וּ ha.le.Khu	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
obeying	לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ lish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
commandments	מִצְוֹת mitz.vot-	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
did	עָ֥שׂוּ 'A.su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted…
Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Judges 2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works…
Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight,…
Revelation 17:1-5 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the…
Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sa…
Exodus 34:15-16 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and on…
Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people's good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial (Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30), which comes in here again only to make way for the following account, which this chapter gives, of their degeneracy and apostasy. The angel had foretold that the Canaanites and their idols would be a snare to Israel; now the historian undertakes to show that they were so, and, that this may appear the more clear, he looks back a little, and takes notice, 1. Of their happy settlement in the land of Canaan. Joshua, having distributed this land among them, dismissed them to the quiet and comfortable…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were…

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John Gill on Judges 2:17

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges,.... Afterwards, or not always; but when they admonished them of their sins, and advised them to walk in the good ways of God, and serve him only; they turned a deaf ear to them, and went on in their own ways, which is a sad aggravation of their iniquities: but they went a whoring after their gods, and bowed themselves unto them; committing spiritual adultery, for such idolatry is, and is often so represented in Scripture; for by it they broke the covenant God made with them, which had the nature of a matrimonial contract, and in which God was an husband to them; and therefore serving other gods was rejecting him as such, and committing whore…

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Baal · .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the — .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the
Idolatry · Objects of described as: Other gods — Objects of described as: Other gods
Instability · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Judge · .During the time when the land was ruled by — .During the time when the land was ruled by
Judges, Extraordinary · Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by — Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by
Whoredom · Licentious rites of, in idolatrous worship — Licentious rites of, in idolatrous worship

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 2:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:17

Dictionary and topics

Judges 2:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:17

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 2:16-17

Rashi on Judges 2:16