Thematic Bible: Idols characterized, as


Thematic Bible



A drought will come on her waters,
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalWaters Drying Up

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life. Verse ConceptsDeafnessFaultsConcubinesGovernmentGreed, Condemnation OfHand Of GodIronLife, HumanUnreliabilityDrinking WineGod Giving BreathIdols Not SeeingBeing Without UnderstandingNature Of GodOther WivesTemple Utensils RemovedWood And StoneBronze For Idols

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Verse ConceptsVisitationUseless IdolsPunishmentsjoking

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Verse ConceptsCreativitydistrustGod, Uniqueness OfIdolatry, Objections ToMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureUnreliabilityIdols Not ExistingTrusting IdolsMisteachingDumbnessUseless IdolsIdolatryDumbimageHinduismFutile Faith

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Verse ConceptsCraftsmenFools, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryThose Who Were Ignorant

What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? Verse ConceptsIdolatryFood For Other godsOccultism Being Forbidden

Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.” Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodIdols Not ExistingUseless IdolsNon ExistenceNo Other Is GodFood For Other godsGod Is OneSacrificesEating Meatstatues

“Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse ReligionemptinessGod, Uniqueness OfPredestinationReligionUnreliabilityWoodCarrying IdolsSurvivors Of The NationsIdolatryNature Of IdolatryPraying AmissThose Who Were IgnorantSolar Eclipse

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them. Verse ConceptsHard TasksWorshipping Men

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
Verse ConceptsGoldhumanitystatues


To one who shapes a pedestal,
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityWisdom, Human NaturedissatisfactionMotionlessnessSkilled PeopleNo DecayMoving Oncraftsmanshipimage

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

A drought will come on her waters,
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalWaters Drying Up

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life. Verse ConceptsDeafnessFaultsConcubinesGovernmentGreed, Condemnation OfHand Of GodIronLife, HumanUnreliabilityDrinking WineGod Giving BreathIdols Not SeeingBeing Without UnderstandingNature Of GodOther WivesTemple Utensils RemovedWood And StoneBronze For Idols

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Verse ConceptsVisitationUseless IdolsPunishmentsjoking

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Verse ConceptsCreativitydistrustGod, Uniqueness OfIdolatry, Objections ToMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureUnreliabilityIdols Not ExistingTrusting IdolsMisteachingDumbnessUseless IdolsIdolatryDumbimageHinduismFutile Faith

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Verse ConceptsCraftsmenFools, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryThose Who Were Ignorant

What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? Verse ConceptsIdolatryFood For Other godsOccultism Being Forbidden

Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.” Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodIdols Not ExistingUseless IdolsNon ExistenceNo Other Is GodFood For Other godsGod Is OneSacrificesEating Meatstatues

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
Verse ConceptsGoldhumanitystatues


To one who shapes a pedestal,
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityWisdom, Human NaturedissatisfactionMotionlessnessSkilled PeopleNo DecayMoving Oncraftsmanshipimage

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

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