Jueces 2:17

17 Sin embargo, Israel no hizo caso a los jueces, sino que se prostituyó rindiendo culto a otros dioses. ¡Qué pronto se apartaron del camino de sus antepasados, los cuales habían obedecido los mandatos del Señor
!

Jueces 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.

Jueces 2:17 In-Context

15 Cada vez que los israelitas salían a la batalla, el Señor
peleaba en contra de ellos e hizo que sus enemigos los derrotaran, tal como él les había advertido. Y el pueblo estaba muy angustiado.

16 El Señor
rescata a su pueblo
Entonces el Señor
levantó jueces para rescatar a los israelitas de la mano de sus agresores.

17 Sin embargo, Israel no hizo caso a los jueces, sino que se prostituyó rindiendo culto a otros dioses. ¡Qué pronto se apartaron del camino de sus antepasados, los cuales habían obedecido los mandatos del Señor
!

18 Cada vez que el Señor
levantaba un juez sobre Israel, él estaba con ese juez y rescataba al pueblo de sus enemigos durante toda la vida del juez. Pues el Señor
tenía compasión de su pueblo, que estaba sobrecargado de opresión y sufrimiento.

19 Pero al morir el juez, la gente no solo volvía a sus prácticas corruptas, sino que se comportaba peor que sus antepasados. Seguía a otros dioses: los servía y les rendía culto. Además se negaba a abandonar sus prácticas malvadas y sus tercos caminos.