2 Kings 17:40

But they wouldn't listen. Instead, they did what they had been doing before.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

2 Kings 17:8

and because they were following the rules of the nations whom the LORD had expelled before the Israelis and that the kings of Israel had practiced.

2 Kings 17:12

and they served idols, a practice that the LORD had warned them, "You are not to do this."

2 Kings 17:34

To this very day, they still follow the former customs: they don't fear the LORD and they don't live in accordance with the statutes, ordinances, laws, or commandments that the LORD had given to the descendants of Jacob whom he renamed Israel

Jeremiah 13:23

Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then you who are trained to do evil will also be able to do good.

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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 an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then you who are trained to do evil will also be able to do good.

But they did

2 Kings 17:8
and because they were following the rules of the nations whom the LORD had expelled before the Israelis and that the kings of Israel had practiced.
Deuteronomy 4:28
There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

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