And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
2 Kings 17:33 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods, as did the nations from among whom they had been carried away. American Standard Version (1901) They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. Common English Bible So they worshipped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the religious practices of the nations from which they had been exiled. Catholic Public Domain Version And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria. English Standard Version 2016 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. |
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.