NET Bible
"They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command."
— 2 Kings 17:12, NET Bible
“For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.”
“and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. ”
“and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."”
“And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.”
“And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.”
“For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.”
The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.
They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.
They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.
The LORD solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers,“Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.”
But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.
They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.