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.
Ver. 17. But they went a whoring.] Carried on by a spirit of fornication, a strong inclination, a vehement impetus to whoredom; so that they care not how they waste all upon it, and will not be reclaimed: so idolaters.
They turned quickly out of the way.] See Galatians 1:6, with the note.
Which their fathers walked in.] Grace is not hereditary. Good progenitors may have a degenerate and unregenerate offspring.