Verse 9

Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.

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  • Jer 2:27 : 27 They say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Yet in their time of trouble, they will say, ‘Arise and save us!’
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  • Isa 57:6 : 6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, indeed, are your lot. To them you have poured out drink offerings and presented grain offerings. Should I relent concerning these things?
  • Jer 2:7 : 7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its bounty. But you came and defiled my land. You made my inheritance detestable.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
  • Ezek 16:17 : 17 You also took the fine jewelry made of gold and silver that I had given you, and you made male idols for yourself and engaged in prostitution with them.
  • Ezek 23:10 : 10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her.
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their staffs provide guidance for them. A spirit of prostitution has led them astray; they have been unfaithful under their God.
  • Hab 2:19 : 19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath at all within it.