18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He (A)removed them from His [a]sight; (B)no one was left except the tribe of Judah.

19 (C)Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but they [b](D)followed the [c]customs [d]which Israel had [e]introduced. 20 So the Lord rejected all the [f]descendants of Israel and afflicted them and (E)handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them [g]out of His sight.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:18 Lit face
  2. 2 Kings 17:19 Lit walked in
  3. 2 Kings 17:19 Lit statutes
  4. 2 Kings 17:19 Lit of Israel which they
  5. 2 Kings 17:19 Lit made
  6. 2 Kings 17:20 Lit seed
  7. 2 Kings 17:20 Lit from His face

18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence.(A) Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(B) 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,(C) until he thrust them from his presence.(D)

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