Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3808 [e] וְלֹ֖א wə-lō And However not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 8085 [e] שָׁמֵ֑עוּ šā-mê-‘ū; they did obey V-Qal-Perf-3cp 3588 [e] כִּ֛י kî for Conj 518 [e] אִֽם־ ’im- but Conj 4941 [e] כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם kə-miš-pā-ṭām their rituals Prep-k | N-msc | 3mp 7223 [e] הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן hā-ri-šō-wn Former Art | Adj-ms 1992 [e] הֵ֥ם hêm they Pro-3mp 6213 [e] עֹשִֽׂים׃ ‘ō-śîm. followed V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp

New American Standard Bible
However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.

they did not

Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then …

but they did

2 Kings 17:8,12,34 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out …

Deuteronomy 4:28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and …

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