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 the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:
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but the LORD your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
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However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
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So these nations feared the LORD, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.