2 Kings 17:14 BBE

¹²  And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

¹³  And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.

¹⁴  And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

¹⁵  And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

¹⁶  And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.