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 ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
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But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
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Howbeit they did not hearken; to the contrary they did after their former manner.
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So these Gentiles feared the LORD and served their graven images, and likewise their sons and their grandsons; as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.