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2 Kings 17:40

38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”

But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.

41 So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
KJV
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
WEB
However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
ASV
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
DARBY
And they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.
BLB
But they did not obey, for they acted according to their former custom.
ÅB
Men de ville ikke høre, de bar seg at på samme vis som før.
OTB
Men de lyttet ikke, men fortsatte å handle i samsvar med sin tidligere skikk.
B1930
Men de vilde ikke høre, de bar sig at på samme vis som før.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:28

    And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

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  • 2 Kings 17:34

    To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 17:12

    They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

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  • 2 Kings 17:8

    and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

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