But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.
Exodus 34:17 - Easy To Read Version “Don’t make idols. [345] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall make for yourselves no molten gods. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Common English Bible Don’t make metal gods for yourself. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods. |
But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.
Ahaz followed the bad example of the kings of Israel. He used molds to make idols to worship the Baal gods.
So you must not make idols using gold or silver to compete with me. You must not make these false gods.
“You must not make any idols. [124] Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.
“You will have three special holidays each year. On these holidays, you will come to my special place to worship me.
They have very quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They made a calf from melted gold for themselves. They are worshiping that calf and making sacrifices [327] to it. The people have said, ‘Israel, these are the gods that led you out of Egypt.’”
People are so stupid!\par Metal workers are fooled by the idols\par that they themselves made.\par Those statues are nothing but lies.\par They are stupid. {\cf2\super [82]} \par
“Don’t worship idols. [335] Don’t make melted statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God!
That’s right. We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.
But look at what this man Paul is doing! Listen to what he is saying! Paul has influenced and changed many people. He has done this in Ephesus and all over the country of Asia. {\cf2\super [391]} Paul says the gods that men make are not real.
‘Cursed is the person that makes a false god and puts it in its secret place. Those false gods are only statues that some worker makes from wood, stone or metal. The Lord hates those things!’
“You must not make any idols. [25] Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.
Micah gave the 28 pounds [125] of silver back to his mother. Then she said, “I will give this silver as a special gift to the Lord. I will give it to my son so he can make a statue and cover it with the silver. So now, son, I give the silver back to you.”