Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If Adonai is God, follow Him; but if Baal is, follow him.” But the people did not answer him, not even a word.
Hosea 10:2 - Tree of Life Version Their heart became smooth. Now they will bear their guilt. He will break down their altars. He will destroy 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 Adonai is God, follow Him; but if Baal is, follow him.” But the people did not answer him, not even a word.
You are not to bow down to their gods or serve them, or do what they do. Rather, you are to utterly overthrow them, and break their pillars in pieces.
The wicked earn deceptive wages, but a sower of righteousness reaps a true reward.
They do not know or understand! For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see, and their hearts, so they cannot understand.
“He will also shatter the pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, while houses of the gods of Egypt He will burn with fire.”
so I may take hold of the house of Israel in their hearts. For they have all become estranged from Me through their idols.’”
I also spoke through the prophets and I multiplied visions. Now through the prophets I will make parables.
For Bnei-Yisrael will remain for many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillar, and without ephod or teraphim.
Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples. Ephraim has become a pancake that never gets turned over.
I will destroy your high places and cut down your altars of incense, cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols, and My soul will abhor you.
I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you, and destroy your cities.
those bowing down on the roofs to the host of the heavens. those bowing down, swearing to Adonai and also swearing by Molech
It will happen in that day”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“that I will erase the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered. Furthermore, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an 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 arose early the following morning, surprisingly, Dagon had fallen to his face on the ground before the ark of Adonai, and the head of Dagon and both palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only Dagon’s trunk was left on him.