Thus sayeth the LORD, "Ye shall not learn after the manner of the Heathen, and ye shall not be afraid for the tokens of heaven: for the Heathen are afraid of such.

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but ye should have made no covenant with the inhabiters of this land, ye should have broken down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice. Why have ye this done?

Wherefore was not I obedient unto the voice of my teachers, and hearken not unto them that informed me?

but on this condition, that thou know thy great blasphemy: Namely, that thou hast unfaithfully forsaken the LORD thy God, and hast made thyself partaker of strange gods under all green trees, but hast had no will to hear my voice, sayeth the LORD.

Yea the LORD himself told the same unto them, that forsook his law, and kept not the thing that he gave them in commandment, neither lived thereafter:

Now have I showed, and declared unto you the voice of the LORD your God, for the which cause he hath sent me to you.

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host, and all the people, followed not the commandment of the LORD: Namely, to dwell in the land of Judah.

which will not hear, nor be reformed. Her trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God.

But they have not all obeyed to the gospel. For Isaiah saith, "Lord, who shall believe our sayings?"

and was made perfect, and the cause of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him:

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Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, he heard their complaint.

So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.