Judges 2:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; [but] they did not so.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Went a whoring. —Idolatry throughout the Bible is regarded as a spiritual adultery (Exodus 34:15; [Reference Isaiah 54…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And yet they would not listen to their judges
Afterwards, or not always; but when they admonished them of their sins…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

We have a general idea of the course of events in Israel during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as wretched and miserable by for…