32. They also feared יהוה, and from every class they made for themselves priests of the high places, who offered for them in the house of the high places.
33. They were fearing יהוה, and they were serving their own mighty ones, according to the ruling of the nations from among whom they had been exiled.
34. To this day they are doing according to the former rulings: they are not fearing יהוה, nor do they follow their laws or their right-rulings, or the Torah and command which יהוה had commanded the children of Ya‛aqoḇ, whose name He made Yisra’ĕl,
35. with whom יהוה had made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “Do not fear other mighty ones, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor slaughter to them;
36. but יהוה, who brought you up from the land of Mitsrayim with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves, and to Him you shall slaughter.
37. “And guard to do forever the laws, and the right-rulings, and the Torah, and the command which He wrote for you. And do not fear other mighty ones.
38. “And do not forget the covenant that I have made with you, and do not fear other mighty ones.
39. “But fear יהוה your Elohim, so that He delivers you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40. And they did not obey, but did according to their former ruling.
41. So these nations were fearing יהוה, and served their carved images, both their children and their children’s children. As their fathers did, they are doing to this day.