II Kings 17:40 Midrash

וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ כִּ֛י אִֽם־כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן הֵ֥ם עֹשִֽׂים׃

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Read midrashic interpretation of II Kings 17:40: and classical rabbinic exegesis.