KJV ORIGINAL
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But they wouldn't listen, and they kept doing things the same way they had always done before.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is showing how the people stubbornly refused to change their ways despite being warned, continuing in their old patterns of behavior.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes at the end of a passage describing how the Assyrians repopulated the northern kingdom of Israel with foreign peoples after conquering it in 722 BC. Despite receiving instruction about worshiping the God of Israel, these new inhabitants mixed their old pagan practices with worship of the true God. The chapter explains why the northern kingdom fell and describes the religious confusion that followed.
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