559 B
559 B
broke the covenant
That is, “disobeyed the commands God had given them in his covenant with them at Mount Sinai.”
warn them to repent and worship him again
Another way to translate this would be, “tell them to stop sinning and to worship Yahweh instead of other gods, or terrible things would happen to them.”
but they refused to obey
The connecting word "but" contrasts the people refusing to obey God, with God send them prophets to warn them to repent and worship him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-contrast)