Thematic Bible
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Constant to their false gods
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says LORD, and I will contend with your son's sons. For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see, and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. read more.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD. For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD. For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Images » 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,
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Why then has this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firm deceit. They refuse to return.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD. For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Profit » What is not profitable
It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life.
What profits the graven image, that the maker of it has engraved it, the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make dumb idols? Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake, to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself?
Those who fashion a graven image are all of them vanity. And the things that they delight in shall not profit. And their own witnesses see not, nor know, that they may be put to shame. Who has fashioned a god, or molded an image that is profitable for nothing?
But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot. Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, ye who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? read more.
Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is thy portion. They, they are thy lot, even to them thou have poured a drink-offering; thou have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things? Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice. And behind the doors and the posts thou have set up thy memorial. For thou have uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and have gone up. Thou have enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them. Thou loved their bed where th And thou went to the king with oil, and increased thy perfumes, and sent thine ambassadors far off, and debased thyself even to Sheol. Thou were wearied with the length of thy way, yet thou did not say, It is in vain. Thou found a quickening of thy strength, therefore thou were not faint. And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me? I will declare thy righteousness. And as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is thy portion. They, they are thy lot, even to them thou have poured a drink-offering; thou have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things? Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice. And behind the doors and the posts thou have set up thy memorial. For thou have uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and have gone up. Thou have enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them. Thou loved their bed where th And thou went to the king with oil, and increased thy perfumes, and sent thine ambassadors far off, and debased thyself even to Sheol. Thou were wearied with the length of thy way, yet thou did not say, It is in vain. Thou found a quickening of thy strength, therefore thou were not faint. And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me? I will declare thy righteousness. And as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to thee the nations shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, [even] vanity and things in whic Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
For what will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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,