Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. New Living Translation But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices. English Standard Version However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner. Berean Standard Bible But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs. King James Bible Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. New King James Version However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals. New American Standard Bible However, they did not listen, but they kept acting in accordance with their earlier custom. NASB 1995 However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom. NASB 1977 However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom. Legacy Standard Bible However, they did not listen, but they were acting according to their earlier custom. Amplified Bible However, they did not listen, but they acted in accordance with their former custom. Christian Standard Bible However, these nations would not listen but continued observing their former practices. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs. American Standard Version Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. Contemporary English Version But the people living in Israel ignored that command and kept on following their old customs. English Revised Version Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people of Israel had refused to listen and made up their own rules, as they had done from the beginning. Good News Translation But those people would not listen, and they continued to follow their old customs. International Standard Version But they wouldn't listen. Instead, they did what they had been doing before. Majority Standard Bible But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs. NET Bible But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices. New Heart English Bible However they did not listen, but they did what they did before. Webster's Bible Translation Yet they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. World English Bible However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they have not listened, but they are doing according to their former custom, Young's Literal Translation and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing, Smith's Literal Translation And they did not hearken, but! they were doing according to their former judgments. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom. New American Bible But they did not listen; they continued to act according to their former customs. New Revised Standard Version They would not listen, however, but they continued to practice their former custom. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHowever they did not hearken, but they did according to their former customs. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they did not listen, but they were doing according to their former custom. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. Brenton Septuagint Translation Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Cities Resettled by Foreigners…39but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.” 40But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs. 41So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.… Cross References Judges 2:17 Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. Jeremiah 11:8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. Nehemiah 9:29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. Psalm 81:11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. Isaiah 30:9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. Jeremiah 7:24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. Ezekiel 20:13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. Deuteronomy 9:24 You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. 1 Samuel 8:19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Romans 10:21 But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Hebrews 3:8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, John 12:37-40 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: ... Treasury of Scripture However, they did not listen, but they did after their former manner. they did not Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. but they did 2 Kings 17:8,12,34 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made… Deuteronomy 4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. Jump to Previous Attention Custom Customs Earlier Former Hearken Hearkened Howbeit However Manner Persisted Practices WayJump to Next Attention Custom Customs Earlier Former Hearken Hearkened Howbeit However Manner Persisted Practices Way2 Kings 17 1. Hoshea the Last King of Israel3. Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt 5. Samaria for sinning is led into captivity 24. The strange nations transplanted into Samaria make a mixture of religions. But they would not listen This phrase highlights the persistent disobedience of the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "listen" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but obeying and acting upon what is heard. In the biblical context, listening to God is synonymous with obedience. The Israelites' refusal to listen is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament, illustrating a hardened heart and a rejection of God's covenant. Historically, this disobedience led to their downfall and exile, as they ignored the prophetic warnings and continued in their sinful ways. and they persisted in their former customs Did.--Continued doing. After their former manner--i.e., they clung to the old-established cultus of the calves. Verse 40. - Howbeit they did not hearken. The mixed race, with their mixed religion, though professing to be worshippers of Jehovah, paid no attention to the warnings and threatenings of the Law (ver. 34), which were to them a dead letter. But they did after their former manner; i.e. they continued to maintain the syncretism described in vers. 28-33.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But they would notוְלֹ֖א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listen, שָׁמֵ֑עוּ (šā·mê·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently and כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they persisted in עֹשִֽׂים׃ (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make their former הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן (hā·ri·šō·wn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank customs. כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם (kə·miš·pā·ṭām) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style Links 2 Kings 17:40 NIV2 Kings 17:40 NLT 2 Kings 17:40 ESV 2 Kings 17:40 NASB 2 Kings 17:40 KJV 2 Kings 17:40 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 17:40 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 17:40 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 17:40 French Bible 2 Kings 17:40 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 17:40 However they did not listen but they (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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