Jeremiah 51:18
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18 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.(A)
Acts 14:15
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15 “People,[a] why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.(A)
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- 14.15 Gk Men
Zephaniah 2:11
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11 The Lord will be terrible against them;
he will shrivel all the gods of the earth,
and to him shall bow down
each in its place,
all the coasts and islands of the nations.(A)
Jonah 2:8
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8 Those who worship vain idols
forsake their true loyalty.(A)
Jeremiah 50:2
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2 Declare among the nations and proclaim;
set up a banner and proclaim;
do not conceal it, say:
“Babylon is taken;
Bel is put to shame;
Merodach is dismayed.
Her images are put to shame;
her idols are dismayed.”(A)
Jeremiah 48:7
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7 Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds[a] and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
Chemosh shall go out into exile,
with his priests and his attendants.(A)
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- 48.7 Gk: Heb works
Jeremiah 46:25
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25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.(A)
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Jeremiah 43:12-13
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12 “I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive, and he shall pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks his cloak clean of vermin, and he shall depart from there safely.(A) 13 He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.”
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Jeremiah 18:15
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15 But my people have forgotten me;
they burn offerings to a delusion;
they have stumbled[a] in their ways,
in the ancient roads,
and have gone into bypaths,
not the highway,(A)
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- 18.15 Gk Syr Vg: Heb they made them stumble
Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10:8
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Isaiah 46:1
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46 Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and cattle;
these things you carry are loaded
as burdens on weary animals.(A)
Isaiah 19:1
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An Oracle concerning Egypt
19 An oracle concerning Egypt.
See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.(A)
Exodus 12:12
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12 I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.(A)
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