2 Kings 17:32-41

321They also feared the Lord and 23appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places. 33They feared the Lord and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile.

34To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the Lord, nor do they 4follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, 5whom He named Israel; 35with whom the Lord made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “6You shall not fear other gods, nor 7bow down yourselves to them nor 8serve them nor sacrifice to them. 36But the Lord, 9who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with 10an outstretched arm, 11Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice. 37The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, 12you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods. 38The covenant that I have made with you, 13you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. 39But the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” 40However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom. 4114So while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their 15idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.