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a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks,
And he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to
and sat upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou did set my incense and my oil.
The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
And thou took thy embroidered garments, and covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them.
And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore my wrath is poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
For LORD of hosts, who planted thee, has pronounced evil against thee because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says LORD, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made,
But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
Therefore thus says LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape. And they shall cry to me, but I will not hearken to them. Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah, and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem ye have set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. read more.
Therefore do not pray thou for this people, nor lift up cry nor prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
Therefore do not pray thou for this people, nor lift up cry nor prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
Then he said to me, Have thou seen [this], O son of man? Thou shall again see yet greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of LORD's house. And, behold, at the door of the temple of LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of LORD, and their faces toward Then he said to me, Have thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to prov read more.
Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
Salvation » What cannot save
Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save.
But where are thy gods that thou have made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble. For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
And LORD said to the sons of Israel, [Did] not [I save you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines? The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you. And ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand. Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more. read more.
Go and cry to the gods which ye have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress.
Go and cry to the gods which ye have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress.
Thou are wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, which ate the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, let them be your protection.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down, yea, they worship. They bear it upon the shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands. From its place it shall not remove. Yea, he may cry to it, yet it cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Yet I am LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shall know no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. read more.
Therefore I am to them as a lion. As a leopard I will watch by the way. I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them. It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou are] against me, against thy help. Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities, and thy judges, of whom thou said, Give me a king and rulers? I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Therefore I am to them as a lion. As a leopard I will watch by the way. I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them. It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou are] against me, against thy help. Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities, and thy judges, of whom thou said, Give me a king and rulers? I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made,
But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made,
But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,
FALSE » Economy » God's
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made,
But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,