¹⁴ But they would not listen. Instead, they were stubborn,^[a] just like their ancestors had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. ¹⁵ They rejected the Lord’s^[b] statutes, the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and his warnings that he gave them. They pursued meaninglessness—and became meaningless themselves—as they followed the lifestyles of the nations that surrounded them, a practice that the Lord had warned them not to do.

¹⁶ They abandoned all of the commands given by^[c] the Lord their God, crafted for themselves cast images of two calves, constructed an Asherah, worshipped all of the stars in heaven, and served Baal.