²⁰ He did evil^(A) in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked people!^(A) Your hearts^(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!

³² Go ahead, then, and complete^(A) what your ancestors started!^(B)

²² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made. ²³ But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble^(A) himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.

¹¹ “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil^(A) than the Amorites^(B) who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.^(C)

² 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. ³ He rebuilt the high places^(C) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal^(D) and made an Asherah pole,^(E) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts^(F) and worshiped them. ⁴ He built altars^(G) in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”^{(H) 5} In the two courts^(I) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. ⁶ He sacrificed his own son^(J) in the fire, practiced divination,^(K) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.^(L) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing^(M) his anger.

⁷ He took the carved Asherah pole^(N) he had made and put it in the temple,^(O) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name^(P) forever.

¹⁴ “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.^(A)