And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, (A)Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

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An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.

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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

46 (A)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
    their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
    as burdens on weary beasts.
They stoop; they bow down together;
    they cannot save the burden,
    but (B)themselves go into captivity.

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(A)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    (B)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

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11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
    (A)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (B)to him shall bow down,
    each in its place,
    all (C)the lands of the nations.

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The Temple of the Living God

14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For (B)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or (C)what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 (D)What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (E)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

(F)“I will make my dwelling among them and (G)walk among them,
    and (H)I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar

18 And he said to them, (A)“I saw Satan (B)fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority (C)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of (D)the enemy, and (E)nothing shall hurt you. 20 (F)Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that (G)your names are written in heaven.”

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11 (A)And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they (B)fell down before him and cried out, “You are (C)the Son of God.”

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(A)They are both (B)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!

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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. (A)He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19 No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an (B)abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 (C)He feeds on (D)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (E)a lie in my right hand?”

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(A)The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
    and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
    and they strengthen it with nails (B)so that it cannot be moved.

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20 (A)He who is too impoverished for an offering
    chooses wood[a] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
    to set up an idol that will not move.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood

All worshipers of images are (A)put to shame,
    who make their boast in (B)worthless idols;
    (C)worship him, all you gods!

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12 For (A)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on (B)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: (C)I am the Lord.

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