Isaiah 2:8

New International Reader's Version

Their land is full of statues of gods. Their people bow down to what their own hands have made. They bow down to what their fingers have shaped.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:7

The Lord’s message came through the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani. It was against Baasha and his royal house. Baasha had done all kinds of evil things in the sight of the Lord. Baasha had also destroyed the royal house of Jeroboam. What Baasha did had made the Lord very angry. So Baasha had become as sinful as the royal house of Jeroboam had been.

2 Kings 17:10

They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:16

They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.

2 Chronicles 27:2

Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done. But Jotham didn’t enter the Lord’s temple as Uzziah had done. The people, however, continued to do very sinful things.

Isaiah 17:8

They won’t trust in the altars they made with their own hands. They won’t pay any attention to the poles they used to worship the female god named Asherah. And they won’t depend on the incense altars they made with their own fingers.

Isaiah 26:13

Lord, you are our God. Other masters besides you have ruled over us. But your name is the only one we honor.

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

Isaiah 40:19

Will you compare him with a statue of a god? Anyone who works with metal can make a statue. Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.

Isaiah 41:29

So they are not really gods at all. What they do does not amount to anything. They are as useless as wind.

Isaiah 57:5

You burn with sinful desire among the oak trees. You worship your gods under every green tree. You sacrifice your children in the valleys. You also do it under the cliffs.

Jeremiah 1:16

I will judge my people. They have done many evil things. They have deserted me. They have burned incense to other gods. They have worshiped the gods their own hands have made.

Jeremiah 11:13

Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns. And in Jerusalem you have set up as many altars as there are streets. You are burning incense to that shameful god named Baal.’

Jeremiah 2:28

Then where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come when you are in trouble! Let them save you if they can! Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns.

Hosea 12:11

The people of Gilead are evil! They aren’t worth anything! Gilgal’s people sacrifice bulls to other gods. Their altars will become like piles of stones on a plowed field.

Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more. They use their silver to make statues of gods for themselves. The statues come from their own clever ideas. Skilled workers make all of them. The people pray to these gods. They offer human sacrifices to them. They kiss the gods that look like calves.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria can’t save us. We won’t trust in our war horses. Our own hands have made statues of gods. But we will never call them our gods again. We are like children whose fathers have died. But you show us your tender love.”

Hosea 8:6

Their calf is not God. A skilled worker from Israel made it. But that calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.”

Micah 5:12

I will destroy your worship of evil powers. You will no longer be able to put a spell on anyone.

Acts 17:16

Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens. He was very upset to see that the city was full of statues of gods.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship gods that men have made out of wood and stone. Those gods can’t see, hear, eat or smell.

Revelation 9:20

There were people who were not killed by these plagues. But they still didn’t turn away from what they had been doing. They did not stop worshiping demons. They kept worshiping statues of gods made out of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood. These statues can’t see or hear or walk.