Isaiah 44:17

The Scriptures 1998

And the rest of it he makes into a mighty one, his carved image. He falls down before it and worships, prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my mighty one.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

So they took the bull which was given them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baʽ

1 Kings 18:28

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, according to their ruling, with knives and spears, until the blood gushed out on them.

Isaiah 2:8

And their land is filled with idols; they bow themselves to the work of their own hands, to what their own fingers have made.

Isaiah 37:38

And it came to be, as he was bowing himself in the house of Nisroḵ

Isaiah 44:15

And it shall be for a man to burn, for he takes some of it and warms himself. He also kindles it and shall bake bread. He also makes a mighty one and bows himself to it – has made it a carved image and falls down before it.

Isaiah 44:16

Half of it he shall burn in the fire; with this half he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.”

Isaiah 45:20

“Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the gentiles. No knowledge have they who are lifting up the wood of their carved image, and pray to a mighty one that does not save.

Isaiah 46:6

“They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the scale. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a mighty one. They fall down, they also bow themselves.

Jeremiah 2:27

saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their calamity they say, ‘Arise and save us.’

Daniel 3:17

“For if so, our Elah whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning furnace of fire and from your hand, O sovereign – He does deliver!

Daniel 3:29

“Therefore I make a decree that whoever of any people, nation, or language who speaks any wrong against the Elah of Shaḏ

Daniel 6:16

Then the sovereign gave orders, and they brought Dani’ĕ

Daniel 6:27

“He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth, for He has delivered Dani’ĕ

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves moulded images from their silver, idols according to their skill, all of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who slaughter kiss the calves!”

Micah 5:12

“And I shall cut off witchcrafts out of your hand, and let you have no magicians.

Habakkuk 2:19

“Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Is it a teacher? See, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no spirit at all inside it.

Acts 19:27

“And not only is this trade of ours in danger of coming to rejection, but also that the temple of the great female mighty one Artemis whom all Asia and the world worship, shall be regarded as worthless and her greatness diminished.”