There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom Adonai had driven out before them. So they did wicked things to provoke Adonai.
Deuteronomy 18:9 - Tree of Life Version When you enter the land Adonai your God is giving you, you are not to learn to do the abominations of those nations. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of these nations. American Standard Version (1901) When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. Common English Bible Once you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don’t try to imitate the detestable things those nations do. Catholic Public Domain Version When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations. |
There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom Adonai had driven out before them. So they did wicked things to provoke Adonai.
Instead they followed the customs of the nations, whom Adonai had dispossessed before Bnei-Yisrael, yet which the kings of Israel practiced.
Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Adonai had driven out before Bnei-Yisrael.
Furthermore, all the leading kohanim and the people became very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the House of Adonai, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Thus says Adonai: “Do not learn the way of the nations or be frightened by signs of the heavens—though the nations are terrified by them.
Therefore you are to keep My charge, so that you do not practice any of these detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Adonai your God.”
You are to do this so they will not teach you to do all the abominations as they have done for their gods, and so you would sin against Adonai your God.
“After Adonai your God has driven them out from before you, do not say in your heart, ‘It is because of my righteousness that Adonai has brought me in to possess this land.’ It is because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai is driving them out from before you.
It is not by your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land. Rather, because of the wickedness of these nations, Adonai your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to keep the word Adonai swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.