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34 To this very day, they still follow the former customs: they don’t fear the Lord and they don’t live in accordance with the statutes, ordinances, laws, or commandments that the Lord had given to the descendants of Jacob—whom he renamed Israel— 35 and with whom the Lord had made a covenant when he gave these[a] orders to them:

“You are not to fear other gods, bow down to them, serve them, or sacrifice to them. 36 Instead, it is to be the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, showing great power and public demonstrations of might,[b] whom you are to fear, worship, and to whom you are to offer sacrifice.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:35 The Heb. lacks these
  2. 2 Kings 17:36 Lit. and with an outstretched arm