17:18 So the Lord was furious 2 with Israel and rejected them; 3 only the tribe of Judah was left. 17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. 4 17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated 5 them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.
1 tn Heb and they stiffened their neck like the neck of their fathers.”
2 tn Heb “very angry.”
3 tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”
4 tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”
5 tn Or “afflicted.”