Isaiah 2:6

New Living Translation

For the Lord has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:2

One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.

2 Kings 17:20

The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 24:20

Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord’s commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the Lord, and now he has abandoned you!”

Nehemiah 13:23

About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Psalm 106:35

Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

Exodus 22:18

“You must not allow a sorceress to live.

Exodus 34:16

Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.

Proverbs 6:1

My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken— that the king who attacked you is dead. For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!

Isaiah 8:19

Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says: “Do not act like the other nations, who try to read their future in the stars. Do not be afraid of their predictions, even though other nations are terrified by them.

Jeremiah 12:7

“I have abandoned my people, my special possession. I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.

Lamentations 5:20

Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?

Leviticus 19:31

“Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:6

“I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community.

Micah 5:11

I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses.

Micah 5:12

I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune-tellers.

Zephaniah 1:8

“On that day of judgment,” says the Lord, “I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah and all those following pagan customs.

Numbers 23:7

This was the message Balaam delivered: “Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel’s doom.’

Romans 11:20

Yes, but remember—those branches were broken off because they didn’t believe in Christ, and you are there because you do believe. So don’t think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.

1 Samuel 6:2

Then the Philistines called in their priests and diviners and asked them, “What should we do about the Ark of the Lord? Tell us how to return it to its own country.”