2 Kings 17:32-41 ▼

32 And they are fearing YHWH, and make for themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are working for them in the house of the high places.

33 They are fearing YHWH, and they are serving their gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they removed them.

34 To this day they are doing according to the former customs—they are not fearing YHWH, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the Law, and according to the command, that YHWH commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,

35 and YHWH makes a covenant with them and charges them, saying, “You do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

36 but YHWH who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with an outstretched arm, Him you fear, and to Him you bow yourselves, and to Him you sacrifice;

37 and the statutes, and the judgments, and the Law, and the command, that He wrote for you, you observe to do all the days, and you do not fear other gods;

38 and you do not forget the covenant that I have made with you, and you do not fear other gods;

39 but you fear your God YHWH, and He delivers you out of the hand of all your enemies”;

40 and they have not listened, but they are doing according to their former custom,

41 and these nations are fearing YHWH, and they have served their carved images, both their sons and their sons’ sons; as their fathers did, they are doing to this day.