Lord our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand; everything belongs to you.
Hosea 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She does not recognise that it is I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil. I lavished silver and gold on her, which they used for Baal. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For she has not noticed, understood, or realized that it was I [the Lord God] Who gave her the grain and the new wine and the fresh oil, and Who lavished upon her silver and gold which they used for Baal and made into his image. American Standard Version (1901) For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. Common English Bible She didn’t know that I gave her the corn, the new wine, and the fresh oil, and that I gave her much silver, and gold that they used for Baal. Catholic Public Domain Version And she did not know that I gave her grain and wine and oil, and that I increased her silver and gold, which they made into Baal. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she did not know that I gave her corn and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver, and gold, which they have used in the service of Baal. |
Lord our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand; everything belongs to you.
He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.’
Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales – they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, , and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke me to anger.
You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.
King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, 27 metres high and 2.7 metres wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life. ,
Israel is a lush vine; it yields fruit for itself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better they made the sacred pillars.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skilfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, ‘Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.’
Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, ‘I will follow my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.’
They have installed kings, but not through me. They have appointed leaders, but without my approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.
That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet and burn incense to their fishing net, for by these things their portion is rich and their food plentiful.
Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and travelled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.
And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.