2 Kings 17:14 CPDV

¹²  And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.

¹³  And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: 'Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets.'

¹⁴  But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.

¹⁵  And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.

¹⁶  And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they served Baal.