World English Bible
"However they did not listen, but they did what they did before."
— 2 Kings 17:40, World English Bible
“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.”
“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. ”
“But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.”
“But they did not hearken to them, but did according to their old custom.”
“But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.”
“Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.”
The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore. You shall not fear other gods.
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you; neither shall you fear other gods.
But you shall fear Yahweh your God; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
However they did not listen, but they did what they did before.
So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children's children, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.