But the people wouldn’t listen. Instead, they were stubborn. They continued in their old practices.

他们却不听从，仍照先前的风俗去行。

他们却不听从，仍照先前的风俗去行。

他们却不听从，仍照先前的风俗去行。

但是他们没有听从，依然仿效先前的风俗。

可是他们没有听从，仍然照着他们起初的习俗去行。

他們卻不聽從，仍照先前的風俗去行。

他們卻不聽從，仍照先前的風俗去行。

他們卻不聽從，仍照先前的風俗去行。

但是他們沒有聽從，依然仿效先前的風俗。

可是他們沒有聽從，仍然照著他們起初的習俗去行。

雖如此說，他們卻不聽從；反而仍照先前的規矩去行。

惟彼不聽、仍循往例、

遷於撒馬利亞之民仍不聽從、輒蹈前轍、

彼眾竟不聽從、仍循前之習俗而行、○

They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices.

However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.

But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices.

However, these nations would not listen but continued observing their former practices.

However, they did not listen, but they kept acting in accordance with their earlier custom.

However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals.

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.

The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.

The people of Samaria are still stubborn. They continue in their old practices to this day. And now they don’t even worship the Lord. They don’t follow his directions and rules. They don’t obey his laws and commands. The Lord had given all these laws to the family of Jacob. He gave the name Israel to Jacob.

Can people from Ethiopia change their skin? Can leopards change their spots? It’s the same with you. You have always done what is evil. So how can you do what is good?

There you will worship gods that men have made out of wood and stone. Those gods can’t see, hear, eat or smell.

They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said,“ Do not do that.”