2:17a Israel, however, did not listen to their judges.

But they also disobeyed what the judges said.
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But the Israel people did not pay attention to their judges.

2:17b Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them.

Instead, they served foreign gods and knelt before them.
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They were unfaithful ⌊to Yahweh⌋ like a woman who is not faithful to her husband, and they worshiped idols.

2:17c They quickly turned from the way of their fathers,

They quickly left the path of their ancestors
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They were not like their ancestors.

2:17d who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments;

who had obeyed Yahweh’s commands.
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They did not obey Yahweh’s commands.

2:17e they did not do as their fathers had done.

They did not act like their ancestors.
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They acted differently than their ancestors had acted.

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