¹⁵They rejected his decrees and the covenant^d he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols^e and themselves became worthless.^f They imitated the nations^g around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

¹⁶They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,^h and an Asherahⁱ pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,^j and they worshiped Baal.^k ¹⁷They sacrificed^l their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens^m and soldⁿ themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

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Cross references

dSee Lev 26:11; Dt 29:25; Jdg 2:20; 1 Ki 11:11; 2 Ki 18:12; Ps 78:10; Eze 5:6; Mal 2:10
eSee Dt 32:21; Hos 11:2; Ro 1:21–23
f Jer 2:5
gSee Dt 12:4
hSee Ex 32:4
iSee Dt 16:21
jSee Ge 2:1; Isa 40:26; Jer 19:13
kSee Jdg 2:11
lSee Dt 12:31; 18:10–12; 2 Ki 16:3; Eze 16:21
mSee Lev 19:26
nSee 1 Ki 21:20; Ro 7:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them. And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal. And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served Baal. They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and interpreted omens. They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and angered him.

NLTNew Living Translation

They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.

They rejected all the commands of the Lord their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven. They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They rejected his statutes, his covenant which he made with their ancestors, and his warnings which he gave to them; and they went after the idols, became vain, and went after all the nations which were all around them, which Yahweh had commanded them not to do as they did. They abandoned all the commands of Yahweh their God and made for themselves two molten calf-shaped idols; they made a pole of Asherah worship and bowed down to the army of the heavens and served Baal. They made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, they practiced divination and read omens, and they sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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 left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

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