Isaiah 2:6

Jehovah, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob, because they are filled with Eastern influences. They practice witchcraft like the Philistines, and they make deals with foreigners.

2 Kings 1:2

King Ahaziah of Israel fell off the balcony on the roof of his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. He sent some messengers and said to them: Go to consult Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, to find out whether or not I will recover from this.

Exodus 22:18

Never allow a witch to live.

Exodus 34:16

You might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might commit spiritual immorality (fornication) with their gods and cause your sons also to commit spiritual immorality with their gods.

Leviticus 19:31

Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 20:6

If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.

Numbers 23:7

Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel.

Numbers 25:1-2

While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.

Deuteronomy 18:10-14

Do not sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars. Do not let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spells or charms.

Deuteronomy 21:11-13

If you see a beautiful woman among the captives and your heart is set on her, you may marry her.

Deuteronomy 31:16-17

Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.

1 Kings 11:1-2

Solomon loved many women. They were of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

2 Kings 16:7-8

Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying: I am your servant and your son. Come help me against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 24:20

God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.

Nehemiah 13:23

I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did.

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you serve as surety for your friend and you give your pledge to him,

Isaiah 8:19

People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

Isaiah 47:12-13

Keep all your magic spells and charms. You have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you. Perhaps you can frighten your enemies.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what Jehovah says: Do not learn the practices of the nations. Do not be frightened by the signs in the sky because they frighten the nations.

Lamentations 5:20

Why have we gone from your memory forever? Why have you turned away from us for so long?

Romans 11:1-2

I ask has God rejected his people? Certainly not! I also am an Israelite, a descendant of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:20

They were broken off because of unbelief! You stand by faith! Do not be conceited but be reverent.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

From the east

General references

Bible References

Therefore

Deuteronomy 31:16
Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.
2 Chronicles 15:2
Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
2 Chronicles 24:20
God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.
Lamentations 5:20
Why have we gone from your memory forever? Why have you turned away from us for so long?
Romans 11:1
I ask has God rejected his people? Certainly not! I also am an Israelite, a descendant of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

From the east

Numbers 23:7
Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel.

And are

Isaiah 8:19
People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?
Isaiah 47:12
Keep all your magic spells and charms. You have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you. Perhaps you can frighten your enemies.
Exodus 22:18
Never allow a witch to live.
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 20:6
If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.
Deuteronomy 18:10
Do not sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars. Do not let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spells or charms.
1 Chronicles 10:13
Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

And they

Exodus 34:16
You might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might commit spiritual immorality (fornication) with their gods and cause your sons also to commit spiritual immorality with their gods.
Numbers 25:1
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.
Deuteronomy 21:11
If you see a beautiful woman among the captives and your heart is set on her, you may marry her.
1 Kings 11:1
Solomon loved many women. They were of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.
Nehemiah 13:23
I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
Psalm 106:35
Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did.
Jeremiah 10:2
This is what Jehovah says: Do not learn the practices of the nations. Do not be frightened by the signs in the sky because they frighten the nations.

General references

Micah 5:12
I will remove witchcrafts from your hand. You will have no more magic practitioners.