They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there.
They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
They feared the Lord, and served their own gods - They did not relinquish their own idolatry but incorporated the worship of the true God with that of their idols. They were afraid of Jehovah, who had sent lions among them; and therefore they offered him a sort of worship that he might not thus afflict them: but they served other gods, devoted themselves affectionately to them, because their worship was such as gratified their grossest passions, and most sinful propensities.
Understand the passage thus: "They (the colonists) served their own gods after the manner of the nations from which they (the government) removed them," i. e., after the manner of their own countrymen at home.
17:33 They feared - They worshipped God externally in that way which the Israelites used. But every nation made gods of their own besides.