2 Kings 17:32-41

32 aThey also feared the Lord band appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of cthe high places. 33So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

34To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, dwhom he named Israel. 35The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, e“You shall not fear other gods for bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them, 36but gyou shall fear the Lord, hwho brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and iwith an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice. 37And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, jyou shall always be careful to do. kYou shall not fear other gods, 38and lyou shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. mYou shall not fear other gods, 39but nyou shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.” 40However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.

41 oSo these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children’s childrenas their fathers did, so they do to this day.

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