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— D.L. Moody
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Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
2 Kings 17:34 — KJV
Fear not the Lord. This statement does not contradict the statement of v. 33. That verse states that the worship of Jehovah was combined with the worship of many other gods and goddesses. This verse emphasizes that this was in no sense a true recognition of the Lord. If it had been, there would have been an inquiry into His laws and an effort to conform to them. No man can serve both God and idols. There is only one true God, and those who in any way recognize other deities, do not truly fear the Lord despite pretending to do so.
After their statutes. The new mixed worship of Samaria could not and did not recognize the statutes given by the Lord to His people. The law of the Lord and the ordinances of the Mosaic law were largely ignored. The Israelites who had been left in the land amalgamated with the new settlers and united with them in their worship (see 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chron. 34:3-7, 33; John 4:22).
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