Then shalt thou say
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto them Because your fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
have forsaken
`azab (aw-zab')
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely.
me saith
n'um (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and have walked
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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 have served
`abad (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
them and have worshipped
shachah (shaw-khaw')
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
them and have forsaken
`azab (aw-zab')
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely.
me and have not kept
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
my law
towrah (to-raw')
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law.
