2 Kings 17:9-13

New American Standard Bible

⁹ And the sons of Israel ^[a]did things secretly against the Lord their God which were not right. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from ^(A)watchtower to fortified city. ¹⁰ And ^(B)they set up for themselves memorial stones and ^[b](C)Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, ¹¹ and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did that the Lord had taken into exile before them; and they did evil things, provoking the Lord. ¹² They served idols, ^(D)concerning which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.” ¹³ Yet the ^(E)Lord warned Israel and Judah ^[c](F)through all His prophets and ^(G)every seer, saying, “^(H)Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you ^[d]through My servants the prophets.”