14 But they did not listen, and they remained just as stubborn as* their forefathers who had not shown faith in Jehovah their God.+ 15 They continued rejecting his regulations and his covenant+ that he had made with their forefathers and his reminders that he had given to warn them,+ and they kept following worthless idols+ and became worthless themselves,+ imitating the nations all around them that Jehovah had commanded them not to imitate.+