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2 Kings 17:32-41

32So theyfearedיְרֵאִ֖יםye.re.'ImH3373theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andmadeוַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213to themselves of thelowestמִקְצוֹתָם֙mik.tzo.TamH7098of thempriestsכֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.NeiH3548of the highplacesבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116, whosacrificedעֹשִׂ֥ים'o.SimH6213for them in thehousesבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004of the highplacesהַבָּמֽוֹת׃ha.ba.MotH1116.

33Theyfearedיְרֵאִ֑יםye.re.'ImH3373theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, andservedעֹֽבְדִ֔ים'oe.DimH5647their owngodsאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙'e.lo.hei.HemH430, after themannerכְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ke.mish.PatH4941of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whom they carriedawayהִגְל֥וּhig.LuH1540from there.

34To thisdayהַיּ֤וֹםhai.YomH3117theydoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213after theformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223mannersכַּמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖יםka.mish.pa.TimH4941: theyfearיְרֵאִים֙ye.re.'ImH3373not theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, neitherdoעֹשִׂ֗ים'o.SimH6213they after theirstatutesכְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ke.chu.ko.TamH2708, or after theirordinancesוּכְמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םu.khe.mish.pa.TamH4941, or after thelawוְכַתּוֹרָ֣הve.kha.to.RahH8451andcommandmentוְכַמִּצְוָ֗הve.kha.mitz.VahH4687which theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, whom henamedשָׂ֥ם שְׁמ֖וֹsam she.MoH7760 H8034Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

35With whom theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hadmadeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֔יתbe.RitH1285, andchargedוַיְצַוֵּ֣םvay.tza.VemH6680them,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Ye shall notfearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, norbowתִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812yourselves to them, norserveתַעַבְד֔וּםta.'av.DumH5647them, norsacrificeתִזְבְּח֖וּtiz.be.ChuH2076to them:

36But theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, who broughtyouהֶעֱלָ֨הhe.'e.LahH5927out of thelandמֵאֶ֧רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714withgreatגָּד֛וֹלga.DolH1419powerבְּכֹ֧חַbe.Kho.achH3581and anoutstretchedנְטוּיָ֖הne.tu.YahH5186armוּבִזְר֥וֹעַu.viz.Ro.a'H2220, him shall yefearתִירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372, and him shall yeworshipתִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812, and to him shall yesacrificeתִזְבָּֽחוּ׃tiz.Ba.chuH2076.

37And thestatutesהַחֻקִּ֨יםha.chu.KimH2706, and theordinancesהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֜יםha.mish.pa.TimH4941, and thelawוְהַתּוֹרָ֤הve.ha.to.RahH8451, and thecommandmentוְהַמִּצְוָה֙ve.ha.mitz.VahH4687, which hewroteכָּתַ֣בka.TavH3789for you, ye shallobserveתִּשְׁמְר֥וּןtish.me.RunH8104todoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213forevermoreהַיָּמִ֑יםhai.ya.MimH3117; and ye shall notfearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

38And thecovenantוְהַבְּרִ֛יתve.ha.be.RitH1285that I havemadeכָּרַ֥תִּיka.Ra.tiH3772with you ye shall notforgetתִשְׁכָּ֑חוּtish.Ka.chuH7911; neither shall yefearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

39But theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430ye shallfearתִּירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372; and he shalldeliverיַצִּ֣ילya.TzilH5337you out of thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027of all yourenemiesאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.KhemH341.

40Yet they did nothearkenשָׁמֵ֑עוּsha.Me.'uH8085, but theydidעֹשִֽׂים׃'o.SimH6213after theirformerהָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223mannerכְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥םke.mish.pa.TamH4941.

41So thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471fearedיְרֵאִים֙ye.re.'ImH3373theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andservedעֹֽבְדִ֑ים'oe.DimH5647their gravenimagesפְּסִֽילֵיהֶ֖םpe.si.lei.HemH6456, both theirchildrenבְּנֵיהֶ֣ם׀be.nei.HemH1121, and theirchildren’sוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121childrenבְנֵיהֶ֗םve.nei.HemH1121: asdidעָשׂ֤וּ'a.SuH6213theirfathersאֲבֹתָם֙'a.vo.TamH1, sodoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213they to thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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