There might be another reason they didn’t listen to the judges. מי שיש בו יראת שמים דבריו נשמעים asks the Bina Leitim, it should have said ישמעו דבריו as he didn’t speak yet?
He answers that he doesn’t need to speak. His Yiras Shomayim are his words. Since the judges did not follow their preaching there was a question in their yiras shomayim and credibility.
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