But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. And did. Hebrew “and corrupted themselves.” Septuagint “were more depraved than,” and so forth—By which, and so forth is put instead of the Hebrew “their stubborn (or hard) ( Bible.) Chal. ‘corrupt’ way.” This hard and rough path denotes the labours which the wicked have to encounter, in the pursuit of pleasure, as they themselves confess. We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity … and have walked through hard ways. Wisd. 5:7. Calmet.—Though the life of the libertine seem delightful, it draws on the most serious evils and provokes the anger of God. Menochius.