¹³ Yet the ^(A)Lord warned Israel and Judah ^[a](B)through all His prophets and ^(C)every seer, saying, “^(D)Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you ^[b]through My servants the prophets.” ¹⁴ However, they did not listen, but ^(E)stiffened their neck ^[c]like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God. ^15 (F)They rejected His statutes and ^(G)His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He ^[d]gave them. And ^(H)they followed ^[e]idols and ^(I)became empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the ^(J)Lord had commanded them not to do as they did. ¹⁶ And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: ^(K)two calves. And they ^(L)made an ^[f]Asherah, and ^(M)worshiped all the heavenly ^[g]lights, and ^(N)served Baal. ¹⁷ Then ^(O)they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they ^(P)practiced divination and interpreting omens, and ^(Q)gave themselves over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him. ¹⁸ So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He ^(R)removed them from His ^[h]sight; ^(S)no one was left except the tribe of Judah.

¹⁵ Yet the Lord, the God of their fathers, ^(A)sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; ¹⁶ but they continually ^(B)mocked the messengers of God, ^(C)despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, ^(D)until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, until there was no remedy.