They servedidols,concerning whichthe LORDhad saidto them, "You shall not dothisthing."
He actedveryabominablyin followingidols,according to allthat the Amoriteshad done,whomthe LORDcastout beforethe sonsof Israel.
and therethey burnedincenseon allthe highplacesas the nations[did] whichthe LORDhad carriedawayto exilebeforethem; and they didevilthingsprovokingthe LORD.
However, they did not listen,but they didaccording to their earliercustom.
"I am the LORDyour God,whobroughtyou out of the landof Egypt,out of the houseof slavery.
for you shall not worshipanyothergod,for the LORD,whose nameis Jealous,is a jealousGod--
"When I had broughtthem into the landwhichI sworeto giveto them, then they saweveryhighhilland everyleafytree,and they offeredtheretheir sacrificesand therethey presentedthe provocationof their offering.Therealso they madetheir soothingaromaand therethey pouredout their drinkofferings.
You shall not makefor yourselves idols,norshall you setup for yourselves an imageor a [sacred] pillar,norshall you placea figuredstonein your landto bowdownto it; for I am the LORDyour God.
"You shall not actlikethistoward the LORDyour God.
sothat you will not associatewith thesenations,thesewhich remainamongyou, or mentionthe nameof their gods,or make [anyone] swear[by them], or servethem, or bowdownto them.
