¹⁸ “I said to their ^[a](A)children in the wilderness, ‘^(B)Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

³⁰ Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Will you defile yourselves ^[a]after the manner of your ^(A)fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things?