They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual clot
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all
I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars.
They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make thems
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that y
Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with th
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I b
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above the
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress;
and the idols will vanish completely.
Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashi