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23 They also built for themselves (A)high places and sacred (B)pillars and [a](C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)beneath every green tree.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:23 Wooden symbols of a female deity

19 O Yahweh, my (A)strength and my strong defense,
And my (B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (D)lies,
Futility and [a](E)things of no profit.”
20 Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are (F)not gods!

21 “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—
This time I will (G)make them know
My [b]power and My might;
And they shall (H)know that My name is Yahweh.”

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  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them
  2. Jeremiah 16:21 Lit hand

21 For even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks, but they became (A)futile in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and (C)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the likeness of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

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