And yet they would not hearken
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
unto their judges
shaphat (shaw-fat')
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate
but they went a whoring
zanah (zaw-naw')
to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
after
'achar (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
other
'acher (akh-air')
hinder; generally, next, other, etc. -- (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
gods
'elohiym (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
and bowed
shachah (shaw-khaw')
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
themselves unto them they turned
cuwr (soor)
to turn off (literal or figurative)
quickly
maher (mah-hare')
hurrying; hence (adverbially) in a hurry -- hasteth, hastily, at once, quickly, soon, speedily, suddenly.
out of the way
derek (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
which their fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
walked in
halak (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
obeying
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
the commandments
mitsvah (mits-vaw')
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
but they did
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
not so
