nkjv 2Kings:17:7-23 SEEK
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For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God ,
who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt ,
from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt ;
and they had feared other gods ,
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and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel ,
and of the kings of Israel ,
which they had made .
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Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right ,
and they built for themselves high places in all their cities ,
from watchtower to fortified city .
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They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree .
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There they burned incense on all the high places ,
like the nations whom the LORD had carried away before them ;
and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger ,
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for they served idols ,
of which the LORD had said to them , "
You shall not do this thing ."
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Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah ,
by all of His prophets ,
every seer ,
saying , "
Turn from your evil ways ,
and keep My commandments and My statutes ,
according to all the law which I commanded your fathers ,
and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets ."
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Nevertheless they would not hear ,
but stiffened their necks ,
like the necks of their fathers ,
who did not believe in the LORD their God .
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And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers ,
and His testimonies which He had testified against them ;
they followed idols ,
became idolaters ,
and went after the nations who were all around them ,
concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them .
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So they left all the commandments of the LORD their God ,
made for themselves a molded image and two calves ,
made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven ,
and served Baal .
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And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire ,
practiced witchcraft and soothsaying ,
and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD ,
to provoke Him to anger .
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Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel ,
and removed them from His sight ;
there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone .
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Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God ,
but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made .
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And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel ,
afflicted them ,
and delivered them into the hand of plunderers ,
until He had cast them from His sight .
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For He tore Israel from the house of David ,
and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king .
Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD ,
and made them commit a great sin .
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For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ;
they did not depart from them ,
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until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight ,
as He had said by all His servants the prophets .
So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria ,
as it is to this day .