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2 Kings 17:14-23

14Notwithstanding,theywouldnothearH8085,buthardenedH7185theirneckעָרְפָּם֙'a.re.PamH6203,liketotheneckכְּעֹ֣רֶףke.'O.refH6203oftheirfathersH1,whobelievedH539notinJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

15Andtheyrejectedוַיִּמְאֲס֣וּvai.yim.'a.SuH3988hisstatutesH2706,andhiscovenantבְּרִיתוֹ֙be.ri.ToH1285thathemadeH6213withtheirfathersH1,andhistestimoniesעֵֽדְוֹתָ֔יו'e.de.vo.TavH5715whichhetestifiedH5749untothem;andtheyfollowedvanityהַהֶ֙בֶל֙ha.He.velH1892,andbecamevain,andwentafterthenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471thatwereroundH5439aboutthem,concerningwhomJehovahhadchargedthemthattheyshouldnotdolikethem.

16Andtheyforsookallthecommandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687ofJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,andmadeH6213themmoltenimagesמַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.KhahH4541,eventwoשְׁנֵ֣יshe.neimH8147calvesH5695,andmadeH6213anAsherahאֲשֵׁירָ֗ה'a.shei.RahH842,andworshippedallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andservedH5647Baalהַבָּֽעַל׃ha.Ba.'alH1168.

17Andtheycausedtheirsonsבְּנֵיהֶ֤םbe.nei.HemH1121andtheirdaughtersבְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙be.no.tei.HemH1323topassוַֽ֠יַּעֲבִירוּVai.ya.'a.vi.ruH5674throughthefireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,anduseddivinationקְסָמִ֖יםke.sa.MimH7081andenchantments,andsoldH4376themselvestodothatwhichwasevilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707himtoangerH3707.

18ThereforeJehovahwasveryמְאֹד֙me.'OdH3966angryוַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ףvai.yit.'a.NafH599withIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andremovedH5493themoutofhissight:therewasnoneleftH7604butthetribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063onlyרַ֛קrakH7535.

19Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571Judahיְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahH3063keptH8104notthecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֖תmitz.VotH4687ofJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,butwalkedinthestatutesH2708ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478whichtheymadeH6213.

20AndJehovahrejectedוַיִּמְאַ֨סvai.yim.'AsH3988alltheseedH2233ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andafflictedthem,anddeliveredthemintothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofspoilers,untilhehadcastH7993themoutofhissight.

21ForherentIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478fromthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732;andtheymadeJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֣םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNebatנְבָ֑טne.VatH5028kingוַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּvai.yam.Li.khuH4427:andJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֤םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379droveIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478fromfollowingJehovah,andmadethemsinוְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖םve.he.che.tei.'AmH2398agreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419sinH2398.

22AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478walkedinallthesinsחַטֹּ֥אותcha.TotH2403ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379whichhedid;theydepartedH5493notfromthem;

23untilJehovahremovedH5493Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478outofhissight,ashespakebyallhisservantsעֲבָדָ֣יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֑יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.SoIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478wascarriedawayH5493outoftheirownlandאַדְמָתוֹ֙'ad.ma.ToH127toAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּרָה'a.Shu.rahH804untothisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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