They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods,
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed wort
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking t
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wi
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD h
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned agains
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w
You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out befor
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked th
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of
And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He m
All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Isra
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,