Judges 2:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
זָנָה
they acted as prostitutes
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
שָׁפַט
judges/ their
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שָׁפַט
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
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עָשָׂה
they did
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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שָׁמַע
they listened
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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הָלַךְ
they had walked
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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מִצְוָה
the commandments of
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מִצְוָה
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
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מַהֵר
quickly
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מַהֵר
properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry
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סוּר
they turned aside
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סוּר
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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