Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gentiles » Characterized as » Constant to their false gods
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. I will bring a case against your children's children. Cross over to Cyprusand take a look. Send [someone] to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. read more.
Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration. For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration. For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
Verse Concepts
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
but the Lord made the heavens.
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 Concepts
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
Verse Concepts
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Verse Concepts
But they are not gods.
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. Be horrified at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled. [This is] the Lord's declaration. For My people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned Me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Profit » What is not profitable
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. Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up! or to mute stone: Come alive! Can it teach? Look! It may be plated with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure does not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know [anything], so they will be put to shame. Who makes a god or casts a metal image for no profit?
But come here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute! Who is it you are mocking? Who is it you are opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue at? Isn't it you, you rebellious children, you race of liars, who burn with lust among the oaks, under every flourishing tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks? read more.
Your portion is among the smooth [stones] of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. You have set up your memorial behind the door and doorpost. For away from Me, you stripped, went up, and made your bed wide, and you have made a bargain for yourself with them. You have loved their bed; you have gazed on their genitals. You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent [them] down even to Sheol. You became weary on your many journeys, [but] you did not say, "I give up!" You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak. Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn't remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent for such a long time and you do not fear Me? I will expose your righteousness, and your works-they will not profit you.
Your portion is among the smooth [stones] of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. You have set up your memorial behind the door and doorpost. For away from Me, you stripped, went up, and made your bed wide, and you have made a bargain for yourself with them. You have loved their bed; you have gazed on their genitals. You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent [them] down even to Sheol. You became weary on your many journeys, [but] you did not say, "I give up!" You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak. Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn't remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent for such a long time and you do not fear Me? I will expose your righteousness, and your works-they will not profit you.
Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, "Our fathers inherited only lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all." Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods.
For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? What can a man give in exchange for his life?
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
Verse Concepts
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
but the Lord made the heavens.
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 Concepts
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
Verse Concepts
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Verse Concepts
But they are not gods.
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
Verse Concepts
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
but the Lord made the heavens.
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 Concepts
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
Verse Concepts
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Verse Concepts
But they are not gods.
FALSE » Economy » God's
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.
Verse Concepts
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
but the Lord made the heavens.
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 Concepts
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
Verse Concepts
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Verse Concepts
But they are not gods.