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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And ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;
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but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
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And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.
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And these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.