And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. (A)The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only [a]Dagon’s torso was left of it.

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  1. 1 Samuel 5:4 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT Dagon

But 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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All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
And all her (A)pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate,
For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
And they shall return to the (B)pay of a harlot.”

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All 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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“Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and [a]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it
Say, ‘Babylon is (A)taken, (B)Bel is shamed.
[b]Merodach is broken in pieces;
(C)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’

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  1. Jeremiah 50:2 lift
  2. Jeremiah 50:2 Or Marduk; a Babylonian god

“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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11 Thus you shall say to them: (A)“The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth (B)shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

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

18 But the idols [a]He shall utterly abolish.

19 They shall go into the (A)holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the [b]earth,
(B)From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises (C)to shake the earth mightily.

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  1. Isaiah 2:18 Or shall utterly vanish
  2. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. dust

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

19 People 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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And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their [a]princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

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  1. Daniel 11:8 Or molded images

He 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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Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and (A)I will cast down your slain men before your idols. And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the [a]high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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  1. Ezekiel 6:6 Places for pagan worship

Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars(A) will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.(B) I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones(C) around your altars.(D) Wherever 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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Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[a]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.

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  1. Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

By 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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  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah