14 But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of (A)Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

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10 So I went in and saw, and there—every (A)sort of (B)creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, [a]portrayed all around on the walls.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:10 Or carved

14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious [a]chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:14 Lit. roof chambers, upper chambers

29 Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, (A)Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

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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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Footnotes

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

Dead Idols and the Living God

46 Bel (A)bows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
(B)A burden to the weary beast.

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