Catholic Public Domain Version
"And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria. "
— 2 Kings 17:33, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:”
“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.”
“They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.”
So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.
And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.