2 Raja-raja 17:17-20

17:17 They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, ¹  and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. ² 

17:18 So the Lord was furious ³  with Israel and rejected them; ⁴  only the tribe of Judah was left. 17:19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel’s example. ⁵  17:20 So the Lord rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated ⁶  them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.

[17:17]  ¹ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 16:3.

[17:17]  ² tn Heb “they sold themselves to doing what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”

[17:18]  ³ tn Heb “very angry.”

[17:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”

[17:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “they walked in the practices of Israel which they did.”

[17:20]  ⁶ tn Or “afflicted.”