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and walked in the customs of the nationswhom the LORD had driven out before* the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israelwhich they had introduced.
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The sons of Israeldidthingssecretlywhich were not rightagainst the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves highplaces in all their towns, from watchtower to fortifiedcity.
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and there they burnedincense on all the highplaces as the nations did which the LORD had carriedaway to exilebefore* them; and they didevilthingsprovoking the LORD.
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Yet the LORDwarnedIsrael and Judahthroughall His prophets and everyseer, saying, "Turn from your evilways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the lawwhich I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets."
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They rejected His statutes and His covenantwhich He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed*vanity and becamevain, and went after the nationswhichsurrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
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They forsookall the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves moltenimages, even twocalves, and made an Asherah and worshipedall the host of heaven and servedBaal.
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Then they made their sons and their daughterspass through the fire, and practiceddivination and enchantments, and sold themselves to doevil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.