Hosea 10:2

Good News Translation

The people whose hearts are deceitful must now suffer for their sins. God will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah went up to the people and said, “How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the Lord is God, worship him; but if Baal is God, worship him!” But the people didn't say a word.

Exodus 23:24

Do not bow down to their gods or worship them, and do not adopt their religious practices. Destroy their gods and break down their sacred stone pillars.

Proverbs 11:18

Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.

Isaiah 44:18

Such people are too stupid to know what they are doing. They close their eyes and their minds to the truth.

Jeremiah 43:13

He will destroy the sacred stone monuments at Heliopolis in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.”

Ezekiel 14:5

All those idols have turned the Israelites away from me, but by my answer I hope to win back their loyalty.

Hosea 12:11

Yet idols are worshiped in Gilead, and those who worship them will die. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal, and the altars there will become piles of stone in the open fields.”

Hosea 13:16

Samaria must be punished for rebelling against me. Her people will die in war; babies will be dashed to the ground, and pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Hosea 3:4

In just this way the people of Israel will have to live for a long time without kings or leaders, without sacrifices or sacred stone pillars, without idols or images to use for divination.

Hosea 7:8

The Lord says, “The people of Israel are like a half-baked loaf of bread. They rely on the nations around them

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your places of worship on the hills, tear down your incense altars, and throw your dead bodies on your fallen idols. In utter disgust

Micah 5:13

I will destroy your idols and sacred stone pillars; no longer will you worship the things that you yourselves have made.

Zephaniah 1:5

I will destroy anyone who goes up on the roof and worships the sun, the moon, and the stars. I will also destroy those who worship me and swear loyalty to me, but then take oaths in the name of the god Molech.

Zechariah 13:2

At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.

Matthew 6:24

“You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 16:13

“No servant can be the slave of two masters; such a slave will hate one and love the other or will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

James 4:4

Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.

1 Samuel 5:4

Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left. (