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.
38
The covenant that I have {made} with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear other gods.
39
But Yahweh your God you shall fear, and he will deliver you from the hand of all of your enemies."
40
They did not listen but kept on doing according to their former customs.
41
So these nations were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their idols, as were their children and their children's children; as their ancestors did, they [are] doing until this day.
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