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40 But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices.

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40 They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices.

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23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change the color of his skin?
    Can a leopard take away its spots?
Neither can you start doing good,
    for you have always done evil.

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  1. 13:23 Hebrew a Cushite.

23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.(A)

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  1. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)

34 And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the Lord and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.

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34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.(A)

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12 Yes, they worshiped idols,[a] despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.

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  1. 17:12 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.

12 They worshiped idols,(A) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[a]

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  1. 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5

They had followed the practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.

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and followed the practices of the nations(A) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced.

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28 There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

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28 There you will worship man-made gods(A) of wood and stone,(B) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(C)

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