Thematic Bible: With idolaters forbidden
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and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant (treaty) with them nor show mercy and compassion to them.
Verse Concepts
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the ungodly and love those who hate the Lord and in doing so bring wrath from the Lord on yourself?
Verse Concepts
Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting
To take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh
And to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!
And [continually] pursues the [parching] east wind [which brings destruction];
Every day he multiplies lies and violence.
Further, he makes a covenant with Assyria
And (olive) oil is carried to Egypt [to seek alliances].
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant or mutual agreement with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in the midst of you. But you shall destroy their altars, dash in pieces their pillars (obelisks, images), and cut down their Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah]; For you shall worship no other god; for the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God, read more.
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they play the harlot after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and one invites you, you eat of his food sacrificed to idols,
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they play the harlot after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and one invites you, you eat of his food sacrificed to idols,
and as for you, you shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed Me; what is this that you have done?
Verse Concepts
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has broken down what you have built.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to go to Tarshish.
Verse Concepts
For the Lord spoke thus to me with His strong hand [upon me], and warned and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, Do not call conspiracy [or hard, or holy] all that this people will call conspiracy [or hard, or holy]; neither be in fear of what they fear, nor [make others afraid and] in dread.
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Ephraim is joined to idols,
So let him alone [to suffer the consequences].
Verse Concepts
Ephraim is joined to idols,
So let him alone [to suffer the consequences].
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- Aliances
- Allegiances
- Cavalry
- Chariots
- Destruction Of Satan's Works
- Doubting God
- Evil Associations
- Extermination
- Faithlessness, As Disobedience
- False Confidence
- Feeding
- Fellowship With Wicked
- Forbidden Alliances
- God Without Mercy
- God's Counsel
- Hatred
- Horses
- Idolatry, Objections To
- Joined To Evil
- Leaders, Political
- Leave Them Alone
- Mercy, Human
- Nature Of Idolatry
- Not Seeking God
- Out Of The East
- Participation, In Sin
- Prayerlessness
- Prophesying
- Pursuing Violence
- Reprobates
- Seafaring
- Seeking God
- Self Delusion
- Society, Negative Aspects Of
- Staying Strong
- Strength, Human
- The East Wind
- Those God Gave Into Their Hands
- Treaty
- Trust, Lack Of
- Trusting In Chariots
- Trusting In Man, Warnings Against
- Trusting Other People
- Unreliability
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- What Do You Do?
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