Isaiah 1:29
New Living Translation
29 You will be ashamed of your idol worship
in groves of sacred oaks.
You will blush because you worshiped
in gardens dedicated to idols.
Isaiah 66:17
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17 “Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the Lord.
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Isaiah 65:3
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3 All day long they insult me to my face
by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens.
They burn incense on pagan altars.
Isaiah 57:5
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5 You worship your idols with great passion
beneath the oaks and under every green tree.
You sacrifice your children down in the valleys,
among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
Hosea 4:13
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13 They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops.
They go up into the hills to burn incense
in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees.
“That is why your daughters turn to prostitution,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Ezekiel 16:63
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63 You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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Romans 6:21
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21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
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Hosea 14:8
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8 “O Israel,[a] stay away from idols!
I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you.
I am like a tree that is always green;
all your fruit comes from me.”
Footnotes
- 14:8 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel.
Hosea 14:3
New Living Translation
3 Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
Ezekiel 36:31
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31 Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.
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Ezekiel 6:13
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13 They will know that I am the Lord when their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and every great shade tree—the places where they offered sacrifices to their idols.
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Jeremiah 3:6
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Judah Follows Israel’s Example
6 During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
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Jeremiah 2:20
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20 “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
‘I will not serve you.’
On every hill and under every green tree,
you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
Isaiah 45:16
New Living Translation
16 All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated.
They will all be disgraced together.
Isaiah 31:7
New Living Translation
7 I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.
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Isaiah 30:22
New Living Translation
22 Then you will destroy all your silver idols
and your precious gold images.
You will throw them out like filthy rags,
saying to them, “Good riddance!”
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