2 Kings 17:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:28 : 28 There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
  • 2 Kgs 17:8 : 8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 17:12 : 12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;
  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:41
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    41So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.

  • 2 Kgs 17:14-15
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    14And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

    15And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

  • Judg 2:17
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    17But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33-35
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    33They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

    34So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

    35And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

    27And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

  • Jer 17:23
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    23But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

    17And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

  • Jer 44:10
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    10Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

  • Jer 44:5
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    5But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

  • Jer 7:24
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    24But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

  • Jer 11:8
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    8But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

  • Judg 2:19
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    19But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
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    9But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
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    12Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

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    11But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

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    10They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

  • Jer 9:13-14
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    13And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

    14But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

  • Neh 9:29-30
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    29And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

    30Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

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    10And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

  • Neh 9:26
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    26But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.

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    4Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

  • Neh 9:35
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    35For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.

  • Ps 78:10
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    10They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

  • 2 Chr 30:7
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    7Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

  • Job 34:27
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    27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • 2 Chr 24:19
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    19And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

  • Ps 78:8
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    8And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

  • Deut 29:26
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    26And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

  • 1 Sam 12:15
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    15But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.

  • Deut 1:32
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    32But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,

  • Jer 16:12
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    12And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:

  • Lev 26:14
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    14But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;

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    17But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

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