Amos 8:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:32

He also decided to start a new festival for the Israelites on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the one in Judah. On that day, Jeroboam went to Bethel and offered sacrifices on the altar to the gold calf he had put there. Then he assigned the priests their duties.

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned and caused the Israelites to sin. Now the LORD will desert Israel.

1 Kings 16:24

then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for six thousand pieces of silver. He built a town there and named it Samaria, after Shemer who had owned the hill.

2 Kings 10:29

But he did not stop the worship of the gold statues of calves at Dan and Bethel that Jeroboam had made for the people to worship.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 140:10

Tip flaming coals on them and throw them into pits where they can't climb out.

Psalm 36:12

Look at those wicked people! They are knocked down, never to get up again.

Proverbs 24:16

Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them.

Proverbs 29:1

If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

Isaiah 24:20

It staggers and shakes like a drunkard or a hut in a storm. It is burdened down with sin; the earth will fall, never again to get up.

Isaiah 43:17

I sent an army to chase you with chariots and horses; now they lie dead, unable to move. They are like an oil lamp with the flame snuffed out.

Jeremiah 25:27

The LORD had said I must tell each king, “The LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, commands you to drink from this cup that is full of the wine of his anger. It will make you so drunk that you will vomit. And when the LORD sends war against the nations, you will be completely defeated.”

Jeremiah 51:64

“This is how Babylon will sink when the LORD destroys it. Everyone in the city will die, and it won't have the strength to rise again.” Jeremiah's writing ends here.

Hosea 10:5

All who live in Samaria tremble with concern for the idols at sinful Bethel. The idol there was the pride of the priests, but it has been put to shame; now everyone will cry.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria will be punished for turning against me. It will be destroyed in war— children will be beaten against rocks, and pregnant women will be ripped open.

Hosea 13:2

Now you continue to sin by designing and making idols of silver in the shape of calves. You are told to sacrifice to these idols— yes, even to kiss them.

Hosea 4:15

Israel, you are unfaithful, but don't lead Judah to sin. Stop worshipping at Gilgal or at sinful Bethel. And stop making promises in my name— the name of the living LORD.

Amos 5:1

Listen, nation of Israel, to my mournful message:

Amos 5:2

you, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.

Amos 5:5

Don't go to Gilgal or Bethel or even to Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged away, and Bethel will end up as nothing.”

Micah 1:5

This will happen because of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. Samaria has led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerusalem have made Judah sin.

Zephaniah 1:5

Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.

Acts 18:25

He also knew much about the Lord's Way, and he spoke about it with great excitement. What he taught about Jesus was right, but all he knew was John's message about baptism.

Acts 19:23

At that time there was serious trouble because of the Lord's Way.

Acts 19:9

but some of them were stubborn and refused to believe. In front of everyone they said terrible things about God's Way. Paul left and took the followers with him to the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He spoke there every day

Acts 24:14

I admit that their leaders think that the Lord's Way which I follow is based on wrong beliefs. But I still worship the same God that my ancestors worshipped. And I believe everything written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets.

Acts 9:2

and asked for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's Way.

Deuteronomy 33:11

I pray that the LORD will bless everything you do, and make you strong enough to crush your enemies.

Deuteronomy 9:21

It was a sin for you to make that idol, so I threw it into the fire to melt it down. Then I took the lump of gold, ground it into powder, and threw the powder into the stream flowing down the mountain.