2 Kings 17:32-41

Legacy Standard Bible

^32 (A)They were also fearing Yahweh and ^[a](B)appointed from among all of themselves priests of the high places, and they were acting for them in the houses of the high places. ³³ They were fearing Yahweh and serving their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been taken away into exile.

³⁴ To this day they are acting according to the earlier customs: they are not fearing Yahweh; they are not acting according to their statutes or their judgments or the law, or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob, ^(C)whom He named Israel; ³⁵ with whom Yahweh cut a covenant and commanded them, saying, “^(D)You shall not fear other gods, nor ^(E)worship them nor ^(F)serve them nor sacrifice to them. ³⁶ But Yahweh, ^(G)who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with ^(H)an outstretched arm, ^(I)Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall sacrifice. ³⁷ And the statutes and the judgments and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, ^(J)you shall be careful to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods. ³⁸ And the covenant that I have cut with you, ^(K)you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. ³⁹ But Yahweh your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” ⁴⁰ However, they did not listen, but they were acting according to their earlier custom. ^41 (L)So while these nations were fearing Yahweh, they also were serving their graven images; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers acted, so they are acting this way to this day.