Isaiah 41:29
“In fact, all of these [pagan prophets and priests] are false;
Their works are worthless,
Their cast images are [merely] wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 41:24
Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,
And your work is worthless;
The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.
Jeremiah 5:13
“The prophets are like the
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”
Psalm 115:4-8
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
Isaiah 44:9-20
All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Jeremiah 10:2-16
Thus says the Lord,
And do not be terrified and distressed by the signs of the heavens
Although the pagans are terrified by them;
Habakkuk 2:18
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
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They are all
Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,
And your work is worthless;
The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
And do not be terrified and distressed by the signs of the heavens
Although the pagans are terrified by them;
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
Wind
“The prophets are like the
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”