Judges 2:11
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Feceruntque filii Israël malum in conspectu Domini, et servierunt Baalim.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς Βααλείμ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת הַבְּעָלִֽים
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian Scorpiace, Chapter III
Nor should I think it needful to discuss whether God pursues a worthy course in forbidding His own name and honour to be given over to a lie, or does so in not consenting that such as He has plucked from the maze of false religion should return again to Egypt, or does so in not suffering to depart from Him them whom He has chosen for Himself. Thus that, too, will not require to be treated by us, whether He has wished to be kept the rule which He has chosen to appoint, and whether He justly avenges the abandonment of the rule which He has wished to be kept; since He would have appointed it to no purpose if He had not wished it kept, and would have to no purpose wished it kept if He had been unwilling to uphold it. …
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony I
In Exodus the people said to Aaron: “Arise and make us gods which shall go before us: because as for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.” In the same place also Moses says to the Lord: “O Lord, I pray thee, this people have sinned a great sin. They have made to themselves gods of gold and silver. And now, if thou wilt forgive them their sin, forgive; but if not, blot me out of the book which Thou hast written. …