1 Samuel 5:4

English Standard Version

⁴But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, ^(A)and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

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1 Samuel 5:4

New International Version

⁴But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken^(A) off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.

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Micah 1:7

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⁷All ^(A)her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
    ^(B)all her wages shall be burned with fire,
    and all her idols I will lay waste,
for from ^(C)the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
    and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.

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Micah 1:7

New International Version

⁷All her idols^(A) will be broken to pieces;^(B)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.^(C)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,^(D)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

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Jeremiah 50:2

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²“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
    set up a banner and proclaim,
    conceal it not, and say:
^(A)‘Babylon is taken,
    ^(B)Bel is put to shame,
    Merodach is dismayed.
^(C)Her images are put to shame,
    her idols are dismayed.’

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Jeremiah 50:2

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²“Announce and proclaim^(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner^(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;^(C)
    Bel^(D) will be put to shame,^(E)
    Marduk^(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols^(G) filled with terror.’

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Jeremiah 10:11

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¹¹Thus shall you say to them: ^(A)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth ^(B)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”^[a]

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Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

Jeremiah 10:11

New International Version

¹¹“Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish^(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”^[a]

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Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.

Isaiah 2:18-19

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¹⁸^(A)And the idols shall utterly pass away.
¹⁹^(B)And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
    and the holes of the ground,^[a]
from before the terror of the Lord,
    and from the splendor of his majesty,
    ^(C)when he rises to terrify the earth.

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Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust

Isaiah 2:18-19

New International Version

¹⁸ and the idols^(A) will totally disappear.^(B)

¹⁹People will flee to caves^(C) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(D)
from the fearful presence^(E) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(F)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(G)

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Daniel 11:8

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⁸He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious ^(A)vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.

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Daniel 11:8

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⁸He will also seize their gods,^(A) their metal images and their valuable articles of silver and gold and carry them off to Egypt.^(B) For some years he will leave the king of the North alone.

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Ezekiel 6:4-6

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⁴^(A)Your altars shall become desolate, and your ^(B)incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. ⁵^(C)And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, ^(D)and I will scatter your bones around your altars. ⁶Wherever you dwell, ^(E)the cities shall be waste and ^(F)the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,^[a] your idols broken and destroyed, your ^(G)incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.

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Ezekiel 6:6 Or and punished

Ezekiel 6:4-6

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⁴Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars^(A) will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.^(B) ⁵I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones^(C) around your altars.^(D) ⁶Wherever you live,^(E) the towns will be laid waste and the high places^(F) demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols^(G) smashed and ruined, your incense altars^(H) broken down, and what you have made wiped out.^(I)

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Isaiah 27:9

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⁹Therefore by this ^(A)the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^[a]
^(B)when he makes all the stones of the altars
    like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
    no ^(C)Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.

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Isaiah 27:9 Septuagint and this is the blessing when I take away his sin

Isaiah 27:9

New International Version

⁹By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^(B)
When he makes all the altar stones^(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles^[a]^(D) or incense altars^(E)
    will be left standing.

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Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

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