Richter 2:17

Listen to Richter 2:17
17 Aber auch ihren Richtern gehorchten sie nicht, denn sie hurten anderen Göttern nach und warfen sich vor ihnen nieder; sie wichen schnell ab von dem Wege, den ihre VÀter gewandelt waren, indem sie den Geboten Jehovas gehorchten; sie taten nicht also.

Richter 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.

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Richter 2:17 In-Context

15 Überall, wohin sie auszogen, war die Hand Jehovas wider sie zum Bösen, so wie Jehova geredet und wie Jehova ihnen geschworen hatte; und sie wurden sehr bedrĂ€ngt.
16 Und Jehova erweckte Richter; und sie retteten sie aus der Hand ihrer PlĂŒnderer.
17 Aber auch ihren Richtern gehorchten sie nicht, denn sie hurten anderen Göttern nach und warfen sich vor ihnen nieder; sie wichen schnell ab von dem Wege, den ihre VÀter gewandelt waren, indem sie den Geboten Jehovas gehorchten; sie taten nicht also.
18 Und wenn Jehova ihnen Richter erweckte, so war Jehova mit dem Richter, und er rettete sie aus der Hand ihrer Feinde alle Tage des Richters; denn Jehova ließ sich's gereuen wegen ihrer Wehklage vor ihren BedrĂŒckern und ihren DrĂ€ngern.
19 Und es geschah, wenn der Richter starb, so verderbten sie sich wiederum, mehr als ihre VĂ€ter, indem sie anderen Göttern nachgingen, um ihnen zu dienen und sich vor ihnen niederzuwerfen. Sie ließen nichts fallen von ihren Taten und von ihrem hartnĂ€ckigen Wandel.
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