2 Kings 17:8 Meaning and Explanation
“And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.”
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Read Full Chapter →Israel adopted the practices of the nations God had driven out, and the corrupt customs their own kings invented.
What Does 2 Kings 17:8 Mean?
The indictment continues: Israel walked in the statutes of the heathen nations, the very peoples the Lord had cast out before them when He gave them the land. They also followed the customs their own kings had made, man-made decrees that led the people astray. They took up the ways they had been called to replace.
To live by the statutes one was sent to overturn is a tragic reversal. The people meant to be a light to the nations dimmed themselves to the nations' darkness. The pull of the surrounding culture is strong, and conformity feels safe, but the called are called to be different. God's statutes, not the crowd's, are the path of life.
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What does 2 Kings 17:8 mean?
Israel adopted the practices of the nations God had driven out, and the corrupt customs their own kings invented.