Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Chiun » Also called remphan, a God of the phoenicians
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
Idolatry » Punishment of » Banishment
Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? For this thing is from Israel- a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits! Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up. read more.
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.
But you have taken up Sakkuthyour king and Kaiwanyour star god, images you have made for yourselves. So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus." Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name. He has spoken.
Idolatry » Objects of, carried in procession
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Chiun
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
Stars » Worshiped
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become impure like that place Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they have burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.
They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and the whole heavenly host.
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;
Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices for 40 years in the desert, O house of Israel? No, you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship. So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
“You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!
But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves.
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!
He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Hinnom, so that no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech.