1 Samuel 12:21

And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after hatohu (the vain, empty thing, idol), which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are tohu (vain, empty).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

In Context

20And Shmuel said unto HaAm, Fear not; ye have done kol hara'ah hazot (all this wickedness); yet turn not aside from following Hashem, but serve Hashem with kol levavchem;

22For Hashem will not forsake His people for the sake of Shmo Hagedol; because it hath pleased Hashem to make you His people.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:17But if thine lev turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship elohim acherim, and serve them;

2 Kings 17:15And they rejected His chukkot, and His brit (covenant) that He made with their avot, and His edot (testimonies, warnings) which He testified against them; and they followed after hevel, and became hevel, and went after the Goyim that were all around them, concerning whom Hashem had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Isaiah 41:23Tell the things that are to come hereafter, 1 that we may know that ye are elohim; 1 indeed, do tov, or do rah, 1 that we may be afraid, and terrified. 1

Isaiah 44:9They that make a pesel are all of them tohu; and their chamudim (favorite [idols]) are worthless; and they + 44:9 the idols are their own edim; they + 44:9 the idols see not, nor know; so that they + 44:9 the idol people are put to shame.

Isaiah 46:7They bear him upon the katef (shoulder), they carry him, 1 and set him up in his place, 1 and he standeth, from his makom shall he not move; 1 yes, though one shall cry out unto him, yet can he not answer, 1 nor save him out of his tzoros. 1

Jeremiah 2:13For Ami have committed shtayim ra'ot (two evils): 1 they have forsaken Me, the fountain of Mayim Chayim, 1 and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, 1 that can hold no mayim. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:17-25

Samuel Calls for Thunder; Samuel Encourages and Comforts Israel. ( b. c. 1069.) 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord , and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord , in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the… Read the whole commentary →

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