Ezekiel 20:39
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39 “As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord God: (A)“Go, serve every one of you his idols—and hereafter—if you will not obey Me; (B)but profane My holy name no more with your gifts and your idols.
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Hosea 4:17
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17 “Ephraim is joined to idols,
(A)Let him alone.
Ezekiel 43:7
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7 And He said to me, “Son of man, this is (A)the place of My throne and (B)the place of the soles of My feet, (C)where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. (D)No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their [a]harlotry or with (E)the carcasses of their kings on their high places.
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- Ezekiel 43:7 Unfaithful idolatry
Ezekiel 20:25-26
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25 “Therefore (A)I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all [a]their firstborn to pass (B)through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they (C)might know that I am the Lord.” ’
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- Ezekiel 20:26 Lit. that open the womb
Isaiah 1:13-15
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13 Bring no more (A)futile[a] sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and (B)the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
14 Your (C)New Moons and your (D)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
15 (E)When you [b]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(F)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [c]blood.
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- Isaiah 1:13 worthless
- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Judges 10:14
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14 “Go and (A)cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
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Revelation 3:15-16
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15 (A)“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither [a]cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
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- Revelation 3:16 NU, M hot nor cold
2 Thessalonians 2:11
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11 And (A)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (B)that they should believe the lie,
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Romans 1:24-28
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24 (A)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, (B)to dishonor their bodies (C)among themselves, 25 who exchanged (D)the truth of God (E)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to (F)vile passions. For even their [a]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [b]men, leaving the natural use of the [c]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (G)which are not fitting;
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- Romans 1:26 Lit. females
- Romans 1:27 Lit. males
- Romans 1:27 Lit. female
Matthew 6:24
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You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 (A)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (B)You cannot serve God and [a]mammon.
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- Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
Zephaniah 1:4-5
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4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[a]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the (A)idolatrous[b] priests with the pagan priests—
5 Those (B)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (C)by [c]Milcom;
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- Zephaniah 1:4 Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5
- Zephaniah 1:4 Heb. chemarim
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21
Amos 4:4-5
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4 “Come(A) to Bethel and transgress,
At (B)Gilgal multiply transgression;
(C)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
(D)Your tithes every three [a]days.
5 (E)Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
Proclaim and announce (F)the freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
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- Amos 4:4 Or years, Deut. 14:28
Ezekiel 23:37-39
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37 For they have committed adultery, and (A)blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons (B)whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have (C)defiled My sanctuary on the same day and (D)profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed (E)thus they have done in the midst of My house.
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Jeremiah 44:25-26
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25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, “We will surely keep our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” You will surely keep your vows and perform your vows!’ 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, (A)I have sworn by My (B)great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that (C)My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “The Lord God lives.”
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Jeremiah 7:9-11
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9 (A)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (B)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (C)and then come and stand before Me in this house (D)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? 11 Has (E)this house, which is called by My name, become a (F)den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
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Isaiah 66:3
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3 “He(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he (B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
Proverbs 21:27
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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
Psalm 81:12
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- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
2 Kings 3:13
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13 Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, (A)“What have I to do with you? (B)Go to (C)the prophets of your father and the (D)prophets of your mother.”
But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
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