2 Kings 17:34

New English Translation

To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Genesis 32:29

Then Jacob asked, “Please tell me your name.” “Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

Genesis 33:20

There he set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.”

Genesis 35:10

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.

1 Kings 11:31

Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 18:11

Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back.”’

1 Kings 18:31

Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new name.”

2 Kings 17:25

When they first moved in, they did not worship the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

2 Kings 17:33

They were worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

2 Kings 17:40

But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

Psalm 55:20

He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.

Proverbs 14:2

The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

Isaiah 48:1

Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner.