2 Kings 17:14-23

14But they refused to listen. They became as impossible to deal with as their ancestors who refused to trust the Lord their God.

15They rejected his decrees, the promise  he made to their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They went after worthless idols and became as worthless as the idols. They behaved like the nations around them, although the Lord had commanded them not to do that.

16They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God: They made two calves out of cast metal. They made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah. They prayed to the entire army of heaven. They worshiped Baal.

17They sacrificed their sons and daughters by burning them alive. They practiced black magic and cast evil spells. They sold themselves by doing what the Lord considered evil, and they made him furious.

18The Lord became so angry with Israel that he removed them from his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.

19Even Judah didn’t obey the commands of the Lord their God but lived according to Israel’s customs.

20So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants, made them suffer, handed them over to those who looted their property, and finally turned away from Israel.

21When he tore Israel away from the family of David, the people of Israel made Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) king. Jeroboam forced Israel away from the Lord and led them to commit a serious sin.

22The Israelites followed all the sins Jeroboam committed and never turned away from them.

23Finally, the Lord turned away from Israel as he had said he would through all his servants, the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their land to Assyria as captives, and they are still there today.