^13 (A)“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

^7 (A)that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you ^(B)or make mention of the names of their gods ^(C)or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them,

^16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save ^(B)both yourself and ^(C)your hearers.

Idolatry Cut Off

² “And ^(A)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(B)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(C)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(D)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.

^9 (A)“Only take care, and ^(B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. ^(C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

¹⁷ For ^(A)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.

³ You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces ^(A)their pillars and burn their ^(B)Asherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and ^(C)destroy their name out of that place.

¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

^15 (A)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,