Isaiah 27:9

New Century Version

This is how Israel’s guilt will be forgiven; this is how its sins will be taken away: Israel will crush the rocks of the altar to dust, and no statues or altars will be left standing for the Asherah idols.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:26

and brought out the pillars of the temple of Baal and burned them.

2 Kings 23:14

Josiah smashed to pieces the stone pillars they worshiped, and he cut down the Asherah idols. Then he covered the places with human bones.

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.

2 Chronicles 14:5

He also removed the places where gods were worshiped and the incense altars from every town in Judah. So the kingdom had peace while Asa was king.

2 Chronicles 34:4

The people tore down the altars for the Baal gods as Josiah directed. Then Josiah cut down the incense altars that were above them. He broke up the Asherah idols and the wooden and metal idols and beat them into powder. Then he sprinkled the powder on the graves of the people who had offered sacrifices to these gods.

2 Chronicles 36:19

Nebuchadnezzar and his army set fire to God’s Temple and broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the palaces. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.

Psalm 119:67

Before I suffered, I did wrong, but now I obey your word.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer so I would learn your demands.

Exodus 34:13

Destroy their altars, break their stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah idols.

Proverbs 20:30

Hard punishment will get rid of evil, and whippings can change an evil heart.

Isaiah 1:29

“You will be ashamed, because you have worshiped gods under the oak trees. You will be disgraced, because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.

Isaiah 17:8

They will not trust the altars they have made, nor will they trust what their hands have made, not even the Asherah idols and altars.

Isaiah 30:22

You have statues covered with silver and gold, but you will ruin them for further use. You will throw them away like filthy rags and say, “Go away!”

Isaiah 4:4

The Lord will wash away the filth from the women of Jerusalem. He will wash the bloodstains out of Jerusalem and clean the city with the spirit of fairness and the spirit of fire.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem and tell them that their time of service is finished, that they have paid for their sins, that the Lord has punished Jerusalem twice for every sin they did.”

Isaiah 48:10

I have made you pure, but not by fire, as silver is made pure. I have purified you by giving you troubles.

Ezekiel 11:18

“When they come to this land, they will remove all the evil idols and all the hateful images.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will get rid of those who refuse to obey me and who turn against me. I will bring them out of the land where they are now living, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 6:4

Your altars will be destroyed and your incense altars broken down. Your people will be killed in front of your idols.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise ones will be killed. But the hard times must come so they can be made stronger and purer and without faults until the time of the end comes. Then, at the right time, the end will come.

Hosea 14:8

Israel, have nothing to do with idols. I, the Lord, am the one who answers your prayers and watches over you. I am like a green pine tree; your blessings come from me.”

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your places where gods are worshiped and cut down your incense altars. I will pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols. I will hate you.

Micah 5:11

I will destroy the cities in your country and tear down all your defenses.

Zechariah 13:2

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time I will get rid of the names of the idols from the land; no one will remember them anymore. I will also remove the prophets and unclean spirits from the land.

Romans 11:27

And I will make this agreement with those people when I take away their sins.”

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we will not be destroyed along with the world.

Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their holy stone pillars, and burn their Asherah idols in the fire. Cut down their idols and destroy their names from those places.

Hebrews 12:6

The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child.”