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But those people would not listen, and they continued to follow their old customs.

So those people worshiped the Lord , but they also worshiped their idols; and to this day their descendants continue to do the same.

He was faithful to the Lord and never disobeyed him, but carefully kept all the commands that the Lord had given Moses.

Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them and disobeyed all the laws given by Moses, the servant of the Lord . They would not listen and they would not obey.

You are expecting Egypt to help you, but that would be like using a reed as a walking stick—it would break and jab your hand. That is what the king of Egypt is like when anyone relies on him."

until the emperor resettles you in a country much like your own, where there are vineyards to give wine and there is grain for making bread; it is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. If you do what he commands, you will not die, but live. Don't let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the Lord will rescue you.

This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: "Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.

to tell him, "The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you.

"But I know everything about you, what you do and where you go. I know how you rage against me.

Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, "Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant your grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes.

Isaiah left the king, but before he had passed through the central courtyard of the palace the Lord told him

But the people of Judah did not obey the Lord , and Manasseh led them to commit even greater sins than those committed by the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced.

and you repented and humbled yourself before me, tearing your clothes and weeping, when you heard how I threatened to punish Jerusalem and its people. I will make it a terrifying sight, a place whose name people will use as a curse. But I have heard your prayer,

Those priests were not allowed to serve in the Temple, but they could eat the unleavened bread provided for their fellow priests.

But the Lord 's fierce anger had been aroused against Judah by what King Manasseh had done, and even now it did not die down.

But the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah, captured him in the plains near Jericho, and all his soldiers deserted him.

But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and put them to work in the vineyards and fields.

But in the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men, attacked Gedaliah, and killed him. He also killed the Israelites and Babylonians who were there with him.

But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.

Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons.