29. However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
30. The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31. and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32. So they feared the Lord, and also made from amongst themselves priests of the high places for themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33. They feared the Lord, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from amongst whom they had been carried away.
34. To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes, or the ordinances, or the law, or the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35. with whom the Lord had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
36. but you shall fear the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, and you shall bow yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice to him.
37. The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever more. You shall not fear other gods.
38. You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
39. But you shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”
40. However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
41. So these nations feared the Lord, and also served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children’s children, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.