2 Kings 17:40

However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

2 Kings 17:8

They had lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs the kings of Israel had introduced.

2 Kings 17:12

They served idols, although the Lord had told them, “You must not do this.”

2 Kings 17:34

They are still practicing the former customs to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe their statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments the Lord commanded the descendants of Jacob. He had renamed him Israel.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

They did not

Bible References

They did not

Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.

But they did

2 Kings 17:8
They had lived according to the customs of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs the kings of Israel had introduced.
Deuteronomy 4:28
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

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