Thematic Bible: Objects of, described as
Thematic Bible
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Senseless idols
feet, but cannot walk.
They cannot make a sound with their throats.
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
eyes, but cannot see.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Other gods
but they did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods, bowing down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands. They did not do as their fathers did.
and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They infuriated the Lord,
You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to provoke Me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung Me behind your back.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Nothing
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » New gods
then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or spear was seen
among 40,000 in Israel.
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Abominations
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
They have placed their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten gods
Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am Yahweh your God.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » No gods
Your children have abandoned Me
and sworn by those who are not gods.
I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery;
they gashed themselves
But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Strange gods
Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.
So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Graven images
the more they
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stocks
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to
Indifferent to her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » gods that have not made the heavens
You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanities of the gentiles
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Vanity
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads
and walk on new paths, not the highway.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Idols of abomination
This is what the Lord God says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb stones
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Helpless
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Images of abomination
but
their detestable things.
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy for them.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » gods that cannot save
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Wind and confusion
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stumbling blocks
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put sinful stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?