Judges 2:17
Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
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they would

1 Samuel 8:5-8
"Look, " they said, "you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations." . . .

1 Samuel 12:12, 17, 19
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we must have a king to rule over us'--even though the LORD your God is your king. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:15, 16
Time and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers, because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. . . .

Psalm 106:43
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

whoring

Exodus 34:15, 16
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices; . . .

Leviticus 17:7
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.'

Psalm 73:27
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Psalm 106:39
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Hosea 2:2
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her. For she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

Revelation 17:1-5
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and told me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. . . .

quickly

Exodus 32:8
How quickly they have turned aside from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'O Israel, this is your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

Deuteronomy 9:12, 16
and the LORD said to me, "Get up and go down from here at once, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image." . . .

Galatians 1:6
I am astonished how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--

which their

Judges 2:7
And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and had seen all the great works the LORD had done for Israel.

Joshua 24:24, 31
So the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice." . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands. They did not do as their fathers did.

International Standard Version
But they didn't listen to their leaders, because they were committing spiritual immorality by following other gods and worshiping them. They quickly turned away from the road on which their ancestors had walked in obedience to the commands of the LORD. They didn't follow their example.

NET Bible
But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD's commands, but they did not.
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