Psalm 96:5
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Psalm 115:15
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Isaiah 42:5
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5 Thus says God the Lord,
(A)Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
(B)Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:
1 Corinthians 8:4
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4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (A)an idol is nothing in the world, (B)and that there is no other God but one.
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Jeremiah 10:11-12
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11 Thus you shall say to them: (A)“The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth (B)shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
12 He (C)has made the earth by His power,
He has (D)established the world by His wisdom,
And (E)has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
Psalm 135:18
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18 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
Acts 19:26
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26 Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that (A)they are not gods which are made with hands.
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Jeremiah 10:14-15
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14 (A)Everyone is (B)dull-hearted, without knowledge;
(C)Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
(D)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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3 For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile;
For (A)one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They (B)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And (C)they cannot speak;
They must be (D)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For (E)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:3 Lit. vanity
Isaiah 46:1-2
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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.
2 They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
(C)But have themselves gone into captivity.
Isaiah 44:8-28
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8 Do not fear, nor be afraid;
(A)Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?
(B)You are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed (C)there is no other Rock;
I know not one.’ ”
Idolatry Is Foolishness
9 (D)Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
(E)They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 Who would form a god or mold an image
(F)That profits him nothing?
11 Surely all his companions would be (G)ashamed;
And the workmen, they are mere men.
Let them all be gathered together,
Let them stand up;
Yet they shall fear,
They shall be ashamed together.
12 (H)The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals,
Fashions it with hammers,
And works it with the strength of his arms.
Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails;
He drinks no water and is faint.
13 The craftsman stretches out his rule,
He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
He marks it out with the compass,
And makes it like the figure of a man,
According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself,
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He [a]secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Then it shall be for a man to burn,
For he will take some of it and warm himself;
Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 (I)They do not know nor understand;
For (J)He has [b]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (K)understand.
19 And no one (L)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
20 He feeds on ashes;
(M)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a (N)lie in my right hand?”
Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be (O)forgotten by Me!
22 (P)I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for (Q)I have redeemed you.”
23 (R)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And (S)glorified Himself in Israel.
Judah Will Be Restored
24 Thus says the Lord, (T)your Redeemer,
And (U)He who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
(V)Who stretches out the heavens [c]all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
25 Who (W)frustrates the signs (X)of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
(Y)And makes their knowledge foolishness;
26 (Z)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
27 (AA)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;
28 Who says of (AB)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, (AC)“You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:14 Lit. appropriates
- Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over
- Isaiah 44:24 By Himself
Psalm 135:15
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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
Psalm 115:3-8
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3 (A)But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
4 (B)Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
8 (C)Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
Genesis 1:1
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The History of Creation(A)
1 In the (B)beginning (C)God created the heavens and the earth.
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