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 the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have ma
Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it wi
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that y
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbl
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to b
When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
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 cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Mysel
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;
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit t
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces a
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
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
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they car
And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above the
when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusale
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust w