Isaiah 17:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They have built altars and places for burning incense to their goddess Asherah, and they have set up sacred poles for her. But they will stop worshipping at these places.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:42

They cried out for help, but no one saved them; they called out to you, but there was no answer.

2 Chronicles 14:5

He destroyed every local shrine and incense altar in Judah.

2 Chronicles 31:1

After the Festival, the people went to every town in Judah and smashed the stone images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah. They destroyed all the local shrines and foreign altars in Judah, as well as those in the territories of Benjamin, Ephraim, and West Manasseh. Then everyone went home.

2 Chronicles 34:4

He watched as the altars for the worship of the god Baal were torn down, and as the nearby incense altars were smashed. The Asherah poles, the idols, and the stone images were also smashed, and the pieces were scattered over the graves of their worshippers.

Exodus 34:13

Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah.

Isaiah 1:29

You will be made ashamed of those groves of trees where you worshipped idols.

Isaiah 10:20

A time is coming when the survivors from Israel and Judah will completely depend on the holy LORD of Israel, instead of the nation that defeated them.

Isaiah 17:9

Israel captured powerful cities and chased out the people who lived there. But these cities will lie in ruins, covered over with weeds and undergrowth.

Isaiah 2:8

Everywhere in the country they worship the idols they have made.

Isaiah 27:9

There's only one-way that Israel's sin and guilt can be completely forgiven: they must crush the stones of every pagan altar and place of worship.

Isaiah 30:22

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

Isaiah 37:19

They destroyed the idols of wood and stone that the people of those nations had made and worshipped.

Isaiah 41:29

They are nothing, and they can do nothing— they are less than a passing breeze.

Isaiah 44:15

Some of the wood is used to make a fire for heating or for cooking. One piece is made into an idol, then the woodcarver bows down and worships it.

Jeremiah 17:2

One generation after another has set up pagan altars and worshipped the goddess Asherah everywhere in your country— on hills and mountains, and under large trees. So I'll take everything you own, including your altars, and give it all to your enemies.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle you with clean water, and you will be clean and acceptable to me. I will wash away everything that makes you unclean, and I will remove your disgusting idols.

Hosea 14:8

Israel, give up your idols! I will answer your prayers and take care of you. I am that glorious tree, the source of your fruit.

Hosea 14:9

If you are wise, you will know and understand what I mean. I am the LORD, and I lead you along the right path. If you obey me, we will walk together, but if you are wicked, you will stumble.

Zephaniah 1:3

people and animals, birds and fish. Everyone who is evil will crash to the ground, and I will wipe out the entire human race.

Zechariah 13:2

The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten for ever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.

Deuteronomy 7:5

So when you conquer these nations, tear down the altars where they worship their gods. Break up their sacred stones, cut down the poles that they use in worshipping the goddess Asherah, and throw their idols in the fire.