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The king desecrated the high places which were opposite [east of] Jerusalem, which were on the right (south) of the mount of corruption which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the repulsiveness of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the repulsiveness of Moab, and for Milcom the repulsiveness of the sons (descendants) of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

An unjust man is abominable to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

Make not your souls abominable. Make not your souls abominable with nothing that creepeth, neither make your souls unclean with them: that ye should be defiled thereby.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

Then Solomon built a high place for [worshiping] Chemosh the horror (detestable idol) of Moab, on the hill which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the horror (detestable idol) of the sons of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

Verse ConceptsComparisonsAppearancesHalf Of ThingsPeople In RighteousnessGod's People Sinning

so it was with Sodom, Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, who abandoning themselves to the same licentiousness and abominable passions, were made examples by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversBestialityCivilizationHomosexualityEternal JudgementTwo CitiesSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentgayssexSexual ImmoralityBeing Gay

and the woman was arrayed in purple, and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abominable impurities of idolatry.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UsedirtGoldJewelsMetalsColors, PurplePearlsRed ClothesPurple ClothesGold OrnamentsThey Committed ImmoralityWearing JewelleryUnclean ThingsFalse Religious SystemColor

Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksBurning Idolatrous ThingsDeposingServing AsherahGrandmothersgrandmas

He shall set mighty men to unhallow the Sanctuary of strength, and to put down the daily offering, and to set up the abominable desolation.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbolitionAbomination Of DesolationAnimal Sacrifices, Sin OfferingImage Of The Beast

And from the time forth that the daily offering shall be put down and the abominable desolation set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsDays, Description OfAbolitionAbomination Of DesolationThree And A Half Years

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, and saw their fathers as the first figs in the top of the fig tree. But they are gone to Baalpeor, and run away from me to that shameful Idol, and are become as abominable as their lovers.

Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

Verse ConceptsCensus

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Verse ConceptsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksGrandmothersgrandmas

And the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, of the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or an unclean abominable thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which pertain to Jehovah, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Ceremonial MattersPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsPeople Being PollutedThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of Jehovah before the porch of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsReformationBraveryThe Altar Of The LordDestruction Of Satan's WorksImmigrants

And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable. It shall not be accepted.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysRemaining FoodForbidden FoodAcceptanceEating Meat

"'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodStoring Treasure On EarthCursing ThingsProsperity Of The Wicked

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

Verse ConceptsdirtOffalSpectaclePeople Being Polluted

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofMouthsYouthAnimals Torn To PiecesBeing Devoted From YouthDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsPeople Being UncleanForbidden Food

So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

Verse ConceptsArtHouses

Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Verse ConceptsAppearancesPeople In RighteousnessShame Has ComeGod's People Sinning

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionCarcass, Literal UseAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandDouble Penalty

and it shall be told thee and thou shalt hear, - and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true - certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel,

Verse ConceptsInvestigating

When thou art coming into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominable doings of those nations.

Verse ConceptsLearningConformityAbominations, PracticesNot Imitating EvilAncestral Worshipculturepracticeland

You built yourself a high place at the top of every street and made your beauty abominable, and you spread your legs to every passer-by to multiply your harlotry.

Verse ConceptsRoadsSpreadingUsing RoadsAspects Of People Made Known

For this, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if not because thou didst defile my holy place with all thine abominable things, and with all thine abominations, and I will also diminish; and mine eye shall not spare, and also I will not pity.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfGod Without MercyNot SparingPolluting Holy PlacesDefilement

The matter of his ornament they set for pride; and they made the images of their abominations, their abominable things upon it: for this I gave it to them for uncleanness.

Verse ConceptsTreasureAbominations, Idolatry IsBeauty Of Thingsjewelry

And they came there, and they took away all the abominable things, and all the abominations from thence.

Verse ConceptsRepenting Of AbominationsRemoving People From Your Life

And to the heart going to the heart of their abominable things and their abominations, I gave their way upon their head, says the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsReward, DivineFruits Of SinThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Makes Evil Rebound

And they shall no more be defiled with their blocks and with their abominable things, and in all their transgressions: and I saved them from all their dwellings where they sinned in them, and I cleansed them: and they were to me for a people, and I will be to them for God.

Verse ConceptsOffenceBeing Cleansed From SinAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

And I took away his bloods from his mouth, and his abominable things from between his teeth: and being left he also to our God, and he was a thousand in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsTeethPeople Consuming BloodSurvivors FavouredBlessings For Jew And GentileEating Forbidden Food

And Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and declare their abominable deeds to them

Verse ConceptsSin Made Known

But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable. There is none that doeth good, no not one.

Verse ConceptsDecadenceNothing GoodAll Have Sinned

And whatsoever goeth upon the breast, and whatsoever goeth upon four or more feet among all that crawleth upon the earth, of that see ye eat not: for they are abominable.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCrawlingUnclean SpiritsFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanClean AnimalsForbidden FoodUnclean AnimalsEating Meatbugsworms

Behold, ye gods are of naught, and your making is of naught; yea, abominable is the man that hath chosen you.

Verse ConceptsIdols Not ExistingUseless Idols

Fie! For shame! How abominable things do they? And yet they be not ashamed; yea, they know of no shame. Wherefore in the time of their visitation, they shall fall among the dead bodies, sayeth the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBlushingDecadencePeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown Things

Insomuch that the LORD might no longer suffer the wickedness of your inventions, and the abominable things which ye did? Is not your land desolate and void; yea, and abhorred, so that no man dwelleth therein any more, as it is come to pass this day?

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftMade A HorrorUnbearable Things

Behold, I will stretch out mine hand over thee, and will diminish thy store of food, and deliver thee over into the wiles of the Philistines thine enemies, which are ashamed of thy abominable way.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessStretching OutEvil DesiresPeople Being HatedShame Of Bad ConductThey Committed ImmoralityGod Will Cause DefeatGreedbehavior

but were proud - And did abominable things before me, wherefore I took them away when I had seen it.

Verse ConceptsDriven Away By GodProud People

he grieveth the poor and needy; he robbeth and spoileth; he giveth not the debtor his pledge again; he lifteth up his eyes unto Idols, and meddle with abominable things;

Verse ConceptsCreditPoor, The Wicked Response ToOppressorsDo Not StealLaws About PledgesNot Helping The Poor

Thy filthiness is abominable, for I would have cleansed thee, but thou wouldest not be cleansed. Thou canst not be purged from thine uncleanness, till I have poured my wrathful indignation upon thee.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessPurity, Moral And SpiritualAfflictions Of The WickedPurgingPeople Being Unclean

Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

Verse ConceptsTwistingMisrepresentationHating Good

Moreover also, there were, male devotees, in the land, - they did according to all the abominable practices of the nations, which Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsHomosexualityProstitutionShrinesIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfMale Prostitutes

and, he, burned incense, in the valley of the son of Hinnom,-and burnt his sons, in the fire, according to the abominable ways of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeValleysInfanticide

And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,-according to the abominable ways of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations, - and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfUnfaithfulness, To GodPollutions

And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - after the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, - moreover also, me made, his son, pass through the fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel;

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifePagan PracticesInfanticideThe Lord Drove Them Out

and if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be really eaten on the third day, it is not pleasing; for him who is bringing it near it is not reckoned; it is an abominable thing, and the person who is eating of it his iniquity doth bear.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, Of WorshipThree Days

Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

You shall not behave thus toward the Lord your God, for every abominable act which the Lord hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsChild sacrificeHatredSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifeIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, PracticesHuman SacrificesAbominations, To GodGod Hating Things

Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?

Verse ConceptsEvil AssociationsIntermarriageWill God Be Angry?


“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;
He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.
Such people have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, in OTDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfBlood, Figurative UseMemorialPleasureAbominations, Sin IsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPigsIncense Offered AmissKilling SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libationspork

“If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
“If you will return to Me,
And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight,
And not stray or waver,

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Results OfReturning To GodStanding FirmRepenting Of Abominations


All her people groan, seeking bread;
They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food
To restore their lives.
“See, O Lord, and consider
How despised and repulsive I have become!”

Verse ConceptsBarteringInferioritySearchingSeeking FoodSeeking For Concrete Things

Then I said to them, ‘Let every man throw away the detestable things on which he feasts his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.’

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfAbominations, Sin IsSending Things AwayEvil EyesPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not throw away the detestable things on which they feasted their eyes, nor did they give up the idols of Egypt.

“Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, And God's CharacterRebellion Against God, Shown InSending Things AwayEvil EyesIdol WorshipRebellion against God

Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge Of Good And EvilReminders Of SinSin Clings To The Sinner

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the [fertility] goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the horror (detestable idol) of the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsServing Asherah

For everyone who does these things is utterly repulsive to the Lord; and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, PracticesPollutionsAbominations, To GodGod Hating PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them OutAbominations

so that they will not teach you to act in accordance with all the detestable practices which they have done [in worship and service] for their gods, and in this way cause you to sin against the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsMisteachingEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingrumorsresearch

Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, - Because thy money was poured curl, and thy shame I was uncovered I, in thine unchastity, unto thy lovers, - and unto all thine abominable manufactured gods, even as the blood of thy children, whom thou didst deliver up unto them,

Verse ConceptsNakednessHuman Blood ShedIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersPrivate Parts

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsNo More FamineSurvivors Of IsraelFew PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsSin Confessed

"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominable practices

Verse ConceptsConfrontationChallengesSin Made Known

And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

Verse ConceptsYouthLimitations Of YouthCovered With BloodNaked In Origin

"'Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

Verse ConceptsLewdnessMarriage, Between God And His PeopleYouthful DevotionGod Will RequiteThey Committed Immorality

Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

Verse ConceptsDeteriorationImitating Wicked PeopleOutdoingGod's People Sinningcorruption

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSin BearerThey Committed Immoralityconsequences

I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Idolatry IsUnique Events

Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, "Ah!" because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.

Verse ConceptsFeetPestilenceStampingClappingFamine Killing

The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodReward, DivineThe Recompense Of The WickedGod Without MercyNot Sparingpity

Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Consequencesventing

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.

Verse ConceptsGod Beating PeopleGod Without MercyNot SparingRepaying Evil For Evilpity

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

Verse ConceptsInterest

"But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheSanctification, Means And ResultsDoing The Right Thing

"Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

Verse ConceptsSins Of The FathersThings Revealed

"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

Verse ConceptsResponsibility For Blood ShedGiving Information