Thematic Bible: Idols characterized, as
Thematic Bible
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.
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 Concepts
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.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
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.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Verse Concepts
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Degrading
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 Concepts
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 Concepts
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Helpless
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.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Verse Concepts
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Insentiate
made by human hands.
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
Verse Concepts
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Perishable
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Unworthy of worship of intelligent beings
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.
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.
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 Concepts
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.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
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.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
What am I saying then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Verse Concepts
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Degrading
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 Concepts
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 Concepts
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Insentiate
made by human hands.
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
Verse Concepts
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Perishable
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Unworthy of worship of intelligent beings
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.