And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
2 Kings 17:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods, as did the nations from among whom they had been carried away. American Standard Version (1901) They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Common English Bible So they worshipped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the religious practices of the nations from which they had been exiled. Catholic Public Domain Version And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria. |
And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
They also feared the Lord, and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
So these nations feared the Lord, and also served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.
those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom;
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”