Then Elijah approached all the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? , If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.’ But the people didn’t answer him a word.
Hosea 10:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Their hearts are devious; , now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their heart is divided and deceitful; now shall they be found guilty and suffer punishment. The Lord will smite and break down [the horns of] their altars; He will destroy their [idolatrous] pillars. American Standard Version (1901) Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars. Common English Bible Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their standing stones. Catholic Public Domain Version His heart has been divided, so now they will cross the divide. He will break apart their images; he will plunder their sanctuaries. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars. |
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? , If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.’ But the people didn’t answer him a word.
Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.
He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple , in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.” ’
so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts. They are all estranged from me because of their idols.”
Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field.
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.
Ephraim has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations. Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
I will remove your carved images and sacred pillars from you so that you will no longer worship the work of your hands.
those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom; ,
On that day’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
‘No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
No servant can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.’
You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility towards God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. This time, Dagon’s head and both of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.