Jeremiah 2:27
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27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But (A)in the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’
Isaiah 26:16
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16 O Lord, (A)in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
Hosea 7:14
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14 (A)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (B)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
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18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
19 (D)Woe to him (E)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (F)there is no breath at all in it.
Hosea 5:15
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15 (A)I will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and (B)in their distress earnestly seek me.
Ezekiel 23:35
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35 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (A)you have forgotten me and (B)cast me behind your back, you yourself (C)must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”
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Ezekiel 8:16
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16 And he brought me into (A)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, (B)between the (C)porch and (D)the altar, were about twenty-five men, (E)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping (F)the sun toward the east.
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Jeremiah 32:33
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33 (A)They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them (B)persistently, they have not listened (C)to receive instruction.
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Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor!”
Jeremiah 18:17
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17 (A)Like the east wind (B)I will scatter them
before the enemy.
(C)I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”
Jeremiah 10:8
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Jeremiah 2:24
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24 (A)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.
Isaiah 46:6-8
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6 (A)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
(B)then they fall down and worship!
7 (C)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
(D)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
8 “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, (E)you transgressors,
Isaiah 44:9-20
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The Folly of Idolatry
9 (A)All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 (B)Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing? 11 (C)Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
12 (D)The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil.[a] He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. (E)He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 (F)He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. (G)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 (H)abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 (I)He feeds on (J)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (K)a lie in my right hand?”
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Psalm 115:4-8
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4 (A)Their idols are silver and gold,
(B)the work of human hands.
5 They have mouths, (C)but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6 They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7 They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 (D)Those who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Psalm 78:34-37
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34 When he killed them, they (A)sought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their (B)rock,
the Most High God their (C)redeemer.
36 But they (D)flattered him with their mouths;
they (E)lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their (F)heart was not (G)steadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
Judges 10:8-16
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8 and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.
10 And the people of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because (B)we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” 11 And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you (C)from the Egyptians and (D)from the Amorites, (E)from the Ammonites and (F)from the Philistines? 12 The Sidonians also, and (G)the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I (H)saved you out of their hand. 13 Yet you have (I)forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. 14 Go and cry out (J)to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” 15 And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” 16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and (K)he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
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