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2 Kings 17:15

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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.

And they rejected {H3988} his statutes {H2706}, and his covenant {H1285} that he made {H3772} with their fathers {H1}, and his testimonies {H5715} which he testified {H5749} against them; and they followed {H3212}{H310} vanity {H1892}, and became vain {H1891}, and went after {H310} the heathen {H1471} that were round about {H5439} them, concerning whom the LORD {H3068} had charged {H6680} them, that they should not do {H6213} like them.

Thus they rejected his laws; his covenant, which he had made with their ancestors; and the solemn warnings he had given them. Instead they pursued worthless things and became worthless themselves, imitating the nations around them, whom ADONAI had ordered them not to emulate.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 12:30 (7 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 12:31 (7 votes)

    Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

  • Deuteronomy 32:21 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 1:21 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 1:23 (5 votes)

    And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

  • Jeremiah 2:5 (5 votes)

    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?

  • Exodus 24:6 (4 votes)

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