Thematic Bible: Incense burned on altars


Thematic Bible



These people continually provoke Me
to My face,
sacrificing in gardens,
burning incense on bricks,
Verse ConceptsBricksGarden, NaturalSacrifice, In OtBurning SacrificesIdolatryGrieving God

He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. Verse ConceptsNew Year, TheMonth 8Building AltarsIncense Offered Amiss

You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and oil. Verse ConceptsTables

The more they called them,
the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistorySuperstitionGrowth Of EvilPeople Going AstrayIdolatryHow Not To WorshipOthers Summoning

Then you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set My oil and incense before them. Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesIncense Offered Amiss

“I will pronounce My judgments against them for all the evil they did when they abandoned Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeForsaking GodMonotheismRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodIdol WorshipDifferent GodsIdolatry

They proceeded to take away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Satan's Works

because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods in order to provoke Me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

“The Lord of Hosts who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.” Verse ConceptsMetaphorical PlantingGod Will Bring Harm

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because of their evil ways that provoked Me to anger, going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your fathers did not know. Verse ConceptsProvoking GodUnknown GodsDifferent Gods

In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods. Verse ConceptsShrinesNo IncensePeople EndedSacrificing On The High Places

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