Isaiah 17:8

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Summary

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

He shall

The work

Micah 5:13

Bible References

He shall

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.

And the idols shall utterly pass away.

Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.

Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!"

And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around,

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.

"I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the LORD.

"And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.

The work

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.

They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

and I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;