¹⁸ “And I said to ^(A)their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk ^(B)in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, ^(C)nor defile yourselves with their idols. ^19 (D)I am the Lord your God; ^(E)walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, ²⁰ and ^(F)keep my Sabbaths holy that ^(G)they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

²⁴ because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, ^(A)and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols.

³⁰ “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go ^(B)whoring after their detestable things?