37. You shall always obey the laws and commands that I wrote for you. You shall not obey other gods,
38. and you shall not forget the covenant I made with you.
39. You shall obey me, the Lord your God, and I will rescue you from your enemies.”
40. But those people would not listen, and they continued to follow their old customs.
41. So those people worshipped the Lord, but they also worshipped their idols; and to this day their descendants continue to do the same.