2 Kings 17:40

American Standard Version (1901)

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
  • 2 Kgs 17:8 : 8 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
  • 2 Kgs 17:12 : 12 and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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    41So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

  • 2 Kgs 17:14-15
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    14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

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    17And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; [but] they did not so.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33-35
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    33They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

    34Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

    35with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

    27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

  • Jer 17:23
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    23But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

    17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

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    10They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

  • Jer 44:5
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    5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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    24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

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    8Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.

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    19But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

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    12and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
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    9But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

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    12because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.

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    13And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

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    29and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

    30Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

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    10And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

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    26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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    4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Neh 9:35
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    35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

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    10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

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    7And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

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    27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

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    19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

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    8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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    26and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:

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    15but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.

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    32Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,

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    12and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:

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    14But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

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    17But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

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