2 Kings 17:8-20
8They also ▼▼Lit walked in
bfollowed the ▼▼Lit statutes
customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from the sons of Israel, and in the customs dof the kings of Israel which they had ▼▼Lit made
introduced. 9And the sons of Israel ▼▼Or ascribed words to
did things secretly against the Lord their God which were not right. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from gwatchtower to fortified city. 10And hthey set up for themselves memorial stones and ▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
jAsherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did that the Lord had taken into exile before them; and they did evil things, provoking the Lord. 12They served idols, kconcerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.” 13Yet the lLord warned Israel and Judah ▼▼Lit by the hand of
nthrough all His prophets and oevery seer, saying, “ pTurn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you ▼▼Lit by the hand of
through My servants the prophets.” 14However, they did not listen, but rstiffened their neck ▼▼Lit like the neck of
like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 tThey rejected His statutes and uHis covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He ▼▼Lit warned
gave them. And wthey followed ▼▼Lit the non-existent
idols and ybecame empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the zLord had commanded them not to do as they did. 16And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: aatwo calves. And they abmade an ▼▼I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
Asherah, and adworshiped all the heavenly ▼▼Lit host
lights, and afserved Baal. 17Then agthey made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they ahpracticed divination and interpreting omens, and aigave themselves over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him. 18So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He ajremoved them from His ▼▼Lit face
sight; alno one was left except the tribe of Judah. 19 amJudah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but they ▼▼Lit walked in
aofollowed the ▼▼Lit statutes
customs ▼▼Lit of Israel which they
which Israel had ▼▼Lit made
introduced. 20So the Lord rejected all the ▼▼Lit seed
descendants of Israel and afflicted them and athanded them over to plunderers, until He had cast them ▼▼Lit from His face
out of His sight.
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