Shìshījì 2:17

17 Tāmen què bù tīng cóng shì shī , jìng suícóng kòu baì bié shén , xíng le xié yín , sù sù de piānlí tāmen lièzǔ suǒ xíng de dào , bù rú tāmen lièzǔ shùncóng Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng .

Shìshījì 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

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 whoredom with others; than which nothing was more provoking to God, jealous of his honour and glory:

they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in;
as soon as ever Joshua and the elders were dead, they departed from the God of their fathers, and the way in which they worshipped him; and so likewise quickly after they had been delivered by the judges, or however as soon as they were dead:

obeying the commandments of the Lord;
serving him at his tabernacle, according to the laws, commands, and ordinances he gave to Moses, which is to be understood of their fathers:

[but] they did not so;
did not walk in the same way, nor serve the Lord, and obey his commands, as their fathers did; but all the reverse.

Shìshījì 2:17 In-Context

15 Tāmen wúlùn wǎng héchu qù , Yēhéhuá dōu yǐ zāihuò gōngjī tāmen , zhēng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de huà , yòu rú Yēhéhuá xiàng tāmen suǒ qǐ de shì . tāmen biàn jíqí kùnkǔ .

16 Yēhéhuá xīngqǐ shì shī , shì shī jiù zhĕngjiù tāmen tuōlí qiǎngduó tāmen rén de shǒu .

17 Tāmen què bù tīng cóng shì shī , jìng suícóng kòu baì bié shén , xíng le xié yín , sù sù de piānlí tāmen lièzǔ suǒ xíng de dào , bù rú tāmen lièzǔ shùncóng Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng .

18 Yēhéhuá wèi tāmen xīngqǐ shì shī , jiù yǔ nà shì shī tóng zaì . shì shī zaì shì de yīqiè rìzi , Yēhéhuá zhĕngjiù tāmen tuōlí chóudí de shǒu . tāmen yīn shòu qīyē rǎo haì , jiù āi shēng tàn qì , suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá hòuhuǐ le .

19 Jízhì shì shī sǐ hòu , tāmen jiù zhuǎn qù xíng è , bǐ tāmen lièzǔ gèng shén , qù shìfèng kòu baì bié shén , zǒng bú duàn jué wán gĕng de è xíng .