Bible in Basic English
"They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners."
— 2 Kings 17:33, Bible in Basic English
“They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.”
“They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. ”
“They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.”
“They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.”
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.
They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.
So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;
And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:
But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings: