37. The statutes, the decisions, the law, and the commands that he wrote to you, you shall observe to do always, and you shall not fear other gods.
38. The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear other gods.
39. But Yahweh your God you shall fear, and he will deliver you from the hand of all of your enemies.”
40. They did not listen but kept on doing according to their former customs.
41. So these nations were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their idols, as were their children and their children’s children; as their ancestors did, they are doing until this day.