But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

“We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific ¹  duties to the priests and the Levites.

You uprooted a vine ¹  from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! ¹ 

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ¹ 

He handed them over to ¹  the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Look, all of them are nothing, ¹  their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance. ² 

And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations ¹  where I will banish them.”

you built yourself a chamber ¹  and put up a pavilion ²  in every public square.

Ephraim has mixed itself like flour ¹  among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side. ² 

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

I will uproot your images of Asherah ¹  from your midst, and destroy your idols. ² 

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene ¹  for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”