1 Kings 16:13

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Summary

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Vanities

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Vanities

They provoked me to jealousy over non-gods, and to be angry over their vanity. Now I'll provoke them to jealousy over a non-people; and over a foolish nation I'll provoke them to anger.

Don't turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or deliver because they're useless.

They rejected the LORD's statutes, the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and his warnings that he gave them. They pursued meaninglessness and became meaningless themselves as they followed the lifestyles of the nations that surrounded them, a practice that the LORD had warned them not to do.

See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing. Their metal images are only wind and confusion.'"

For the practices of the people are worthless. Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest; it's the work of the hands of a craftsman with an ax.

Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything?