Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made.

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord.

Therefore they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served wooden images and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass.

I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.

Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.

They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.

But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”

Proclamation Against Egypt

The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.

For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves.

The Futility of Idols

“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.

They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.

Dead Idols and the Living God

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

When you cry out, Let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away, A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land, And shall inherit My holy mountain.”

Thus says the Lord: “What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?

Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people From a far country: “Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King in her?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images— With foreign idols?”