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and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.[a](A)

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  1. 17.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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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And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

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but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even made his son pass through fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.(A)

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He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(A) and even sacrificed his son(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

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Child-Sacrifice, Divination, and Magic Prohibited

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.(A)

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Occult Practices

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(A) the detestable ways(B) of the nations there.

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When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

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You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.(A)

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You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A)

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After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

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16 For you have kept the statutes of Omri[a]
    and all the works of the house of Ahab,
    and you have followed their counsels.
Therefore I will make you a desolation and your[b] inhabitants an object of hissing,
    so you shall bear the scorn of my people.(A)

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  1. 6.16 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb the statutes of Omri are kept
  2. 6.16 Heb its

16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(A)
    and all the practices of Ahab’s(B) house;
    you have followed their traditions.(C)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(D)
    and your people to derision;
    you will bear the scorn(E) of the nations.[a]

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  1. Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people

16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after vanity.[a]

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  1. 5.11 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.[a](A)

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  1. Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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Thus says the Lord:

Do not learn the way of the nations
    or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens,
    for the nations are dismayed at them.(A)

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This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations(A)
    or be terrified by signs(B) in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.

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Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

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35 but they mingled with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.(A)

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35 but they mingled(A) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.

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35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

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He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.(A)

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He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(B) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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