^17:32At the same time they worshiped⁵⁷ the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.⁵⁸^17:33They were worshiping⁵⁹ the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

^17:34To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship⁶⁰ the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave⁶¹ the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. ^17:35The Lord made an agreement⁶² with them⁶³ and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them. ^17:36Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability;⁶⁴ bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him. ^17:37You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods. ^17:38You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods. ^17:39Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.” ^17:40But they⁶⁵ pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices. ^17:41These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

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Footnotes

57 Heb “feared.”
58 Heb “and they appointed for themselves from their whole people priests for the high places and they were serving for them in the house[s] of the high places.”
59 Heb “fearing.”
60 Heb “fear.”
61 Heb “commanded.”
62 Or “covenant.”
63 That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).
64 Heb “and outstretched arm.”
65 This refers to the foreigners whom the king of Assyria settled in the land (see v. 35a).