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.