¹⁵ They rejected his decrees and the covenant^(A) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols^(B) and themselves became worthless.^(C) They imitated the nations^(D) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

¹⁶ They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,^(E) and an Asherah^(F) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,^(G) and they worshiped Baal.^{(H) 17} They sacrificed^(I) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens^(J) and sold^(K) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.