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2 Kings 17:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Kings 17:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors(A) and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves,(B) following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.(C)
16 They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images(D) for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole.(E) They worshiped the whole heavenly host(F) and served Baal.(G) 17 They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire(H) and practiced divination and interpreted omens.(I) They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked Him.(J)
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2 Kings 17:15-17
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2 Kings 17:15-17
New International Version
15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(A) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(B) and themselves became worthless.(C) They imitated the nations(D) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”
16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(E) and an Asherah(F) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(G) and they worshiped Baal.(H) 17 They sacrificed(I) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(J) and sold(K) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
2 Kings 17:15-17
King James Version
2 Kings 17:15-17
King James Version
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
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2 Kings 17:15-17
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2 Kings 17:15-17
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15 And they (A)rejected His statutes (B)and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed (C)idols, (D)became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should (E)not do like them. 16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, (F)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, (G)made a wooden image and worshiped all the (H)host of heaven, (I)and served Baal. 17 (J)And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, (K)practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and (L)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
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2 Kings 17:15-17
English Standard Version
2 Kings 17:15-17
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15 They despised his statutes (A)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (B)false idols (C)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (D)Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (E)two calves; and they (F)made an Asherah and (G)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (H)Baal. 17 (I)And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings[a] and used (J)divination and (K)omens and (L)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
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- 2 Kings 17:17 Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire
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