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 you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,
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but you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
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However they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.
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So these nations feared the LORD, and also served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children--as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
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