SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:15
Y desecharon sus estatutos, y su pacto que él había concertado con sus padres; y sus testimonios, que él había protestado contra ellos; y siguieron la vanidad, y fueron hechos vanos, y fueron en pos de los gentiles que estaban alrededor de ellos, de las cuales les había mandado el SEÑOR que no hiciesen a la manera de ellos.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 15. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers , etc.] At Sinai and Horeb, (see Exodus 24:8 Deuteronomy 29:1), and his testimonies which he testified against them ; calling heaven and earth to witness what he would do to them if they broke his laws, ( Deuteronomy 4:26 30:19 32:1), and which were so many testifications of his mind and will what they should do, or otherwise what should be done to them; Ben Gersom also interprets this of the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, which were witnesses of Israel’s coming out of Egypt, and of the sanctification and redemption of the firstborn, a testimony of the slaying the firstborn in Egypt: and they followed vanity ; idols, which are vain things for help, can neither hear, see, speak, etc. and became vain ; as sottish and stupid as the idols they worshipped; which is the usual fruit and effect of idolatry, (see Romans 1:21-28) and went after the heathen that were round about them : imitated them in their idolatrous practices, as the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, etc. concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them ; of this charge (see Deuteronomy 6:13,14).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-23 - Though the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was but briefl related, it is in these verses largely commented upon, and the reason of it given. It was destruction from the Almighty: the Assyrian was but the rod of his anger, Isa 10:5. Those that bring sin into a country of family, bring a plague into it, and will have to answer for all the mischief that follows. And vast as the outward wickedness of the worl is, the secret sins, evil thoughts, desires, and purposes of mankin are much greater. There are outward sins which are marked by infamy but ingratitude, neglect, and enmity to God, and the idolatry an impiety which proceed therefrom, are far more malignant. Withou turning from every evil way, and keeping God's statutes, there can be no true godliness; but this must spring from belief of his testimony as to wrath against all ungodliness and unrighteousness, and his merc in Christ Jesus.
Original Hebrew
וימאסו 3988 את 853 חקיו 2706 ואת 853 בריתו 1285 אשׁר 834 כרת 3772 את 854 אבותם 1 ואת 853 עדותיו 5715 אשׁר 834 העיד 5749 בם וילכו 1980 אחרי 310 ההבל 1892 ויהבלו 1891 ואחרי 310 הגוים 1471 אשׁר 834 סביבתם 5439 אשׁר 834 צוה 6680 יהוה 3068 אתם 853 לבלתי 1115 עשׂות׃ 6213
