¹⁶ The people stopped following the commands of the Lord their God. They made two gold statues of calves. They made Asherah poles. They worshiped all the stars of heaven and served Baal. ¹⁷ They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They used magic and witchcraft to try to learn the future. They sold themselves to do what the Lord said was evil. They did this to make him angry. ¹⁸ So the Lord became very angry with Israel and removed them from his sight. There were no Israelites left, except the tribe of Judah.