Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
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Bible References
For according
Jeremiah 2:28 “But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they cansave you
In the time of yourtrouble;
Foraccording to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can
In the time of your
For
Are your gods, O Judah.
Jeremiah 3:1 God says, “If a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completelypolluted?
But youare a harlot with many lovers;
Yet youturn to Me,” declares the Lord.
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely
But you
Yet you
Deuteronomy 32:16 “They made Him jealous with strange gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Isaiah 2:8 Their land has also been filled with idols;
They worship thework of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
They worship the
That which their fingers have made.
Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead?
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes,their altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes,
Beside the furrows of the field.
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Jeremiah 19:5
and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind;
Jeremiah 32:35
They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
2 Kings 21:4 He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
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Jeremiah 3:24
“But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.