13 Yet the (A)Lord warned Israel and Judah [a](B)through all His prophets and (C)every seer, saying, “(D)Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you [b]through My servants the prophets.” 14 However, they did not listen, but (E)stiffened their neck [c]like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 (F)They rejected His statutes and (G)His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He [d]gave them. And (H)they followed [e]idols and (I)became empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the (J)Lord had commanded them not to do as they did. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: (K)two calves. And they (L)made an [f]Asherah, and (M)worshiped all the heavenly [g]lights, and (N)served Baal. 17 Then (O)they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they (P)practiced divination and interpreting omens, and (Q)gave themselves over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him. 18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He (R)removed them from His [h]sight; (S)no one was left except the tribe of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:13 Lit by the hand of
  2. 2 Kings 17:13 Lit by the hand of
  3. 2 Kings 17:14 Lit like the neck of
  4. 2 Kings 17:15 Lit warned
  5. 2 Kings 17:15 Lit the non-existent
  6. 2 Kings 17:16 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
  7. 2 Kings 17:16 Lit host
  8. 2 Kings 17:18 Lit face

15 Yet the Lord, the God of their fathers, (A)sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; 16 but they continually (B)mocked the messengers of God, (C)despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, (D)until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, until there was no remedy.

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26 (A)But they became rebellious and revolted against You,
And (B)threw Your Law behind their backs
And (C)killed Your prophets who had (D)admonished them
In order to bring them back to You,
And (E)they committed great blasphemies.

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29 And (A)admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law.
Yet (B)they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
(C)Which, if a person [a]follows them, then he will live by them.
And they [b](D)turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:29 Lit does them
  2. Nehemiah 9:29 Lit gave

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