2 Kings 17:40

Modern English Version

But they did not listen; rather they were practicing their former customs.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Cushite change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not fear the Lord, nor are they doing according to the statutes, requirements, the law or commandment that the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

2 Kings 17:12

for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

2 Kings 17:8

and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites, and walked in the statutes which the kings of Israel had made.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

2 Kings 17:39

Rather the Lord your God you shall fear, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:41

So these nations feared the Lord and were serving their carved images, both their children and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, and so they are doing to this day.