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Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick.
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He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the festival he invented for the Israelites.
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You sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set my incense and my oil.
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But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.
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You took off your embroidered clothes and covered the idols with them. You offered my olive oil and incense in their presence.
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I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made.
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They arose and removed the altars in Jerusalem. They also removed all the incense altars and cast them into the Kidron Brook.
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I will do this because they have abandoned me. They have sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my anger will be poured on this place and it will not be extinguished.'
Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Jehovah of Hosts planted you. He has pronounced disaster on you. This is because of the evil things that Israel and Judah have done. They have made him infuriated by burning incense as an offering to Baal.
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This is because their people had done evil and had made me angry. They offered sacrifices to other gods and served gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever worshiped.
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I will stop Moab from making burnt offerings at the places of worship. I will stop Moab from burning incense to their gods, says Jehovah.
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
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You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led by mute idols.
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Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.
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This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.
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Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Their land is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
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However at that time, you did not know God. You were in bondage to things that are really not gods at all.
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There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are many gods and many lords.
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Can people make gods for themselves? They are not really gods!
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Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
Therefore Jehovah says: 'I am going to bring a disaster on them that they cannot escape. Although they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them. Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress. Judah, you have as many gods as you have cities. You have set up many altars in Jerusalem to sacrifice to Baal. You have as many detestable altars as there are streets in Jerusalem.' read more.
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray for them. I will not listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray for them. I will not listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.
He said to me: Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these. So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun. Jehovah said to me: Mortal man, do you see that? These people of Judah are not satisfied with merely doing all the disgusting things you have seen here and with spreading violence throughout the country. No, they must come and do them right here in the Temple and make me even angrier. Look how they insult me in the most offensive way possible by thrusting the shoot to my nose! (an obsene reference or jesture to Jehovah) read more.
They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them
They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them
Salvation » What cannot save
Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save anyone.
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Where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them come and rescue you when you have trouble. You have as many gods as you have cities, Judah!
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Jehovah answered: Did I free you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, and the Philistines? Did I save you from the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? They oppressed you and you cried out to me. You still left me and worshiped other gods. I am not going to rescue you again. read more.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your time of trouble.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them save you in your time of trouble.
You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you! Let those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you.
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He will say: 'Where are their gods, the rock in which they sought refuge? Who ate the fat of their sacrifices? Who drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you. Let them be your hiding place!
Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it. They lift it to their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer. It cannot save him from his troubles!
I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me. I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land. When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me. read more.
So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you. Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart. You are destroying yourself, Israel. You are against me, your helper. Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: 'Give us kings and officials!' I gave you a king when I was angry, and I took him away when I was furious.
So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you. Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart. You are destroying yourself, Israel. You are against me, your helper. Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: 'Give us kings and officials!' I gave you a king when I was angry, and I took him away when I was furious.
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
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You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led by mute idols.
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Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.
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This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.
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Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Their land is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
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However at that time, you did not know God. You were in bondage to things that are really not gods at all.
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There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are many gods and many lords.
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Can people make gods for themselves? They are not really gods!
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
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You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led by mute idols.
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Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.
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This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.
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Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Their land is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
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However at that time, you did not know God. You were in bondage to things that are really not gods at all.
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There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are many gods and many lords.
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Can people make gods for themselves? They are not really gods!
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FALSE » Economy » God's
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
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You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led by mute idols.
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Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.
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This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.
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Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress.
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Their land is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
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However at that time, you did not know God. You were in bondage to things that are really not gods at all.
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There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are many gods and many lords.
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Can people make gods for themselves? They are not really gods!
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