Isaiah 27:9

New English Translation

So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:26

They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

2 Kings 23:14

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

2 Chronicles 14:5

He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

2 Chronicles 34:4

He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

2 Chronicles 36:19

They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Exodus 34:13

Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

Proverbs 20:30

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

Isaiah 1:29

Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

Isaiah 17:8

They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

Isaiah 30:22

You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, “Get out!”

Isaiah 4:4

At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion’s women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem’s midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 48:10

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Ezekiel 11:18

“When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 6:4

Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Hosea 14:8

O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.

Micah 5:11

I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.

Zechariah 13:2

And also on that day,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will remove the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

Romans 11:27

And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

Deuteronomy 12:3

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

Hebrews 12:6

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”