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12 They worshiped[a] the disgusting idols[b] in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.[c]

13 The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, “Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.”[d] 14 But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors,[e] who had not trusted the Lord their God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:12 tn Or “served.”
  2. 2 Kings 17:12 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
  3. 2 Kings 17:12 tn Heb “about which the Lord had said to them, ‘You must not do this thing.’”
  4. 2 Kings 17:13 tn Heb “obey my commandments and rules according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.”
  5. 2 Kings 17:14 tn Heb and they stiffened their neck like the neck of their fathers.”