Commentary for Judges 2:19
וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּמ֣וֹת הַשּׁוֹפֵ֗ט יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ וְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ מֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔ם לָלֶ֗כֶת אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְעָבְדָ֖ם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם לֹ֤א הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙ מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּמִדַּרְכָּ֖ם הַקָּשָֽׁה׃
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
Rashi on Judges
They fell nothing short. They omitted nothing deserving of the reproach inherent in everything that befell them.
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Metzudat David on Judges
AND IT WAS WHEN THE JUDGE DIED: It wants to teach that the repentance did not last, because it was from the rebuke of the judge. And immediately the judge died, and there was no one to rebuke them, they returned and corrupted their path, the way of their forefathers that they were evilly doing before that judge.
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Metzudat David on Judges
THEY DID NOT OMMIT: They did not lessen from the misdeeds and paths of their forefathers that was difficult and evil
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