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Isaiah 2:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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They also built stone images of foreign gods and set up sacred poles for the worship of Asherah on every hill and under every shady tree.

The people of Israel disobeyed all the commands of the LORD their God. They made two gold statues of calves and set up a sacred pole for Asherah; they also worshipped the stars and the god Baal.

Jotham obeyed the LORD and did right. He followed the example of his father Uzziah, except he never burnt incense in the temple as his father had done. But the people of Judah kept sinning against the LORD.

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.

Others have ruled over us besides you, our LORD God, but we obey only you.

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

Is an idol at all like God? It is made of bronze with a thin layer of gold, and decorated with silver.

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

All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshipped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.

I will punish my people, because they are guilty of turning from me to worship idols.

Go and cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.

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.

Assyria can't save us, and chariots can't help. So we will no longer worship the idols we have made. Our LORD, you show mercy to orphans.”

Someone from Israel built that idol for you, but only I am God. And so it will be smashed to pieces.

I will stop you from telling fortunes and practising witchcraft.

While Paul was waiting in Athens, he was upset to see all the idols in the city.

There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.

The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshipping demons. They kept on worshipping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk.




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