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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Never forget the promise I made to you. Never worship other gods.
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Instead, worship the LORD your God, and he will rescue you from your enemies.'"
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The people of Israel had refused to listen and made up their own rules, as they had done from the beginning.
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These [other] nations worshiped the LORD but also served their own idols. So did their children and their grandchildren. They still do whatever their ancestors did.