Deuteronomy 9:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:13

His own grandmother Maacah had made an idol of Asherah, and Asa took it and burnt it in Kidron Valley. Then he removed Maacah from her position as queen mother.

2 Chronicles 34:7

Everywhere in the northern kingdom of Israel, Josiah tore down pagan altars and Asherah poles; he crushed idols to dust and smashed incense altars. Then Josiah went back to Jerusalem.

Exodus 32:20

He melted the idol the people had made, and he ground it into powder. He scattered it in their water and made them drink it.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like rubbish; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

Isaiah 31:7

The time is coming when you will throw away your idols of silver and gold, made by your sinful hands.

Hosea 8:11

Israel, you have built many altars where you offer sacrifices for sin. But these altars have become places for sin.

Micah 1:7

Samaria's idols will be smashed, and the wages of temple prostitutes will be destroyed by fire. Silver and gold from those idols will then be used by foreigners as payment for prostitutes.