31. the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites were burning their children in fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32. They feared the Lord and made from amongst themselves priests of the high places, who were working for them in the houses of the high places.
33. They feared the Lord, and they were serving their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they exiled from there.
34. To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not fear the Lord, nor are they doing according to the statutes, requirements, the law or commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
35. The Lord had made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them. You shall not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36. Rather, the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
37. The statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment, which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever. And you shall not fear other gods.
38. The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget. You shall not fear other gods.
39. Rather the Lord your God you shall fear, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40. But they did not listen; rather they were practicing their former customs.
41. So these nations feared the Lord and were serving their carved images, both their children and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, and so they are doing to this day.