they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
2 Kings 17:40 - New Revised Standard Version They would not listen, however, but they continued to practice their former custom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not worship the Lord and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
but you shall worship the Lord your God; he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”
So these nations worshiped the Lord, but also served their carved images; to this day their children and their children's children continue to do as their ancestors did.
and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had introduced.
Can Ethiopians change their skin or leopards their spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
There you will serve other gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.