2 Kings 17:40 - Easy To Read Version

But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they did before.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

However, they did not listen, but they did as they had done formerly.

American Standard Version (1901)

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Common English Bible

But they wouldn’t listen. Instead, they continued doing their former religious practices.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they did not hearken: but did according to their old custom.

2 Kings 17:40 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 17:12

They served idols. [204] And the Lord had said to the Israelites, “You must not do this thing.”

2 Kings 17:34

Even today those people live like they did in the past. They do not honor the Lord. They do not obey the rules and commands of the Israelites. They do not obey the Law or the commands that the Lord gave to the children of Jacob (Israel).

2 Kings 17:39

No! You respect only the Lord your God! Then he will save you from all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:41

So now those other nations respect the Lord, but they also serve their own idols. Their children and grandchildren do the same thing their ancestors [214] did. They still do those things to this day.

2 Kings 17:8

They began doing the same things that other people did. And the Lord had forced those people to leave their land when the Israelites came. The Israelites also chose to be ruled by kings, {not by God}.

Jeremiah 13:23

A black man can’t change\par the color of his skin.\par And a leopard can’t change his spots.\par In the same way, Jerusalem, you can’t change and do good.\par You always do bad things.\par

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that can’t see or hear or eat or smell!