Verse 17

Judges 2:17

Bible in Basic English

17 But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַ֤ם אֶל שֹֽׁפְטֵי/הֶם֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמֵ֔עוּ כִּ֣י זָנ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַ/יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לָ/הֶ֑ם סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן הַ/דֶּ֜רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלְכ֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛/ם לִ/שְׁמֹ֥עַ מִצְוֺת יְהוָ֖ה לֹא עָ֥שׂוּ כֵֽן
English Translation
And also to their judges they did not listen, for they turned aside after other gods and bowed down to them; they quickly turned from the path which their fathers walked to hear the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1 Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, g... Focus ↗
2 And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are... Focus ↗
3 And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and... Focus ↗
4 Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the peopl... Focus ↗
5 And they gave that place the name of Bochim, and made offerings there to the Lord. Focus ↗
6 And Joshua let the people go away, and the children of Israel went, every man to his heritage, to ta... Focus ↗
7 And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men... Focus ↗
8 And death came to Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, he being a hundred and ten years... Focus ↗
9 And they put his body in the earth in the land of his heritage in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country... Focus ↗
10 And in time death overtook all that generation; and another generation came after them, having no kn... Focus ↗
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals; Focus ↗
12 And they gave up the Lord, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of... Focus ↗
13 And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes. Focus ↗
14 And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of those wh... Focus ↗
15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had taken his oa... Focus ↗
16 Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them. Focus ↗
17 But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship;...
18 And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from... Focus ↗
19 But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after ot... Focus ↗
20 And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has not been... Focus ↗
21 From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of J... Focus ↗
22 In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as... Focus ↗
23 So the Lord let those nations go on living in the land, not driving them out quickly, and did not gi... Focus ↗