2 Kings 17:15

13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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BSB
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
KJV
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
WEB
They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.
ASV
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
DARBY
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
BLB
And they rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He had testified against them. And they followed after the idols, and they became empty and [went] after the nations who [were] all around them, whom YHWH had commanded them that they should not do like them.
ÅB
og de forkastet hans bud og den pakt som han hadde gjort med deres fedre, og de vitnesbyrd som han hadde gitt dem, og fulgte de tomme avguder og ble dårlige og etterlignet de hedningefolk som bodde rundt omkring dem, om hvilke Herren hadde budt dem at de ikke skulle gjøre som de,
OTB
De forkastet hans forskrifter og hans pakt som han hadde gjort med deres fedre, og hans advarsler som han advarte dem med. Og de fulgte avguder og ble tomme, og fulgte nasjonene som omga dem, om hvem Herren hadde befalt dem ikke å gjøre som de gjorde.
B1930
og de forkastet hans bud og den pakt som han hadde gjort med deres fedre, og de vidnesbyrd som han hadde gitt dem, og fulgte de tomme avguder og blev dårlige og efterlignet de hedningefolk som bodde rundt omkring dem, om hvilke Herren hadde budt dem at de ikke skulde gjøre som de,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 12:30–31

    Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:21

    They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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  • Jeremiah 2:5

    Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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  • Romans 1:21–23

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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  • 1 Kings 16:13

    For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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  • Exodus 24:6–8

    And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

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  • Psalms 115:8

    They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

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  • Jeremiah 8:9

    The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

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