Isaiah 17:8

New American Bible - revised edition

They shall not turn to the altars, the work of their hands, nor shall they look to what their fingers have made: the asherahs or the incense stands.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:42

They cried for help, but no one saved them, cried to the Lord but got no answer.

2 Chronicles 14:5

He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had peace and no war was waged against him during these years, because the Lord had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 31:1

After all this was over, those Israelites who had been present went forth to the cities of Judah and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the asherahs, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they were all destroyed. Then the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

2 Chronicles 34:4

In his presence, the altars of the Baals were torn down; the incense stands erected above them he broke down; the asherahs and the carved and molten images he smashed and beat into dust, which he scattered over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them;

Exodus 34:13

Tear down their altars; smash their sacred stones, and cut down their asherahs.

Isaiah 1:29

You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired, and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.

Isaiah 10:20

On that day The remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no more lean upon the one who struck them; But they will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 17:9

On that day his strong cities shall be like those abandoned by the Hivites and Amorites When faced with the Israelites; and there shall be desolation.

Isaiah 2:8

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the works of their hands, what their fingers have made.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 30:22

You shall defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered images; You shall throw them away like filthy rags, you shall say, “Get out!”

Isaiah 37:19

They gave their gods to the fire —they were not gods at all, but the work of human hands— Wood and stone, they destroyed them.

Isaiah 41:29

Ah, all of them are nothing, their works are nought, their idols, empty wind!

Isaiah 44:15

It is used for fuel: with some of the wood he warms himself, makes a fire and bakes bread. Yet he makes a god and worships it, turns it into an idol and adores it!

Jeremiah 17:2

when their children remember their altars and their asherahs, beside the green trees, on the high hills,

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Hosea 14:8

Again they will live in his shade; they will raise grain, They will blossom like the vine, and his renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:9

Ephraim! What more have I to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will take note of him. I am like a verdant cypress tree. From me fruit will be found for you!

Zephaniah 1:3

I will sweep away human being and beast alike, I will sweep away the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea. I will make the wicked stumble; I will eliminate the people from the face of the land—oracle of the Lord.

Zechariah 13:2

On that day—oracle of the Lord of hosts—I will destroy the names of the idols from the land, so that they will be mentioned no more; I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness from the land.

Deuteronomy 7:5

But this is how you must deal with them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their asherahs, and destroy their idols by fire.