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
et pactum quod percussi vobiscum nolite oblivisci nec colatis deos alienos
39
sed Dominum Deum vestrum timete et ipse eruet vos de manu omnium inimicorum vestrorum
40
illi vero non audierunt sed iuxta consuetudinem suam pristinam perpetrabant
41
fuerunt igitur gentes istae timentes quidem Dominum sed nihilominus et idolis suis servientes nam et filii eorum et nepotes sicut fecerunt parentes sui ita faciunt usque in praesentem diem