Howbeit, they did not hearken, but did after their former manner. ] They did not repent of their idolatries, but persisted in them, and even when they were in captivity in Assyria, or such of them as were left in the land.
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Don't forget the covenant that I made with you. Don't worship other gods.
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Instead, worship only the LORD your God. He will rescue you from your enemies' power.
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But they wouldn't listen. Instead, they continued doing their former religious practices.
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So these nations worship the LORD, but they also serve their idols. The children and the grandchildren are doing the very same thing their parents did. And that's how things still are today.