Jeremiah 51:18

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They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

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  • Exod 12:12 : 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Egypt This is an oracle about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 The Lord Carries His People Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
  • Jer 10:15 : 15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
  • Jer 18:15 : 15 Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level.
  • Jer 43:12-13 : 12 He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed. 13 He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”
  • Jer 46:25 : 25 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,“I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him.
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 “Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.
  • Jer 50:2 : 2 “Announce the news among the nations! Proclaim it! Signal for people to pay attention! Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say:‘Babylon will be captured. Bel will be put to shame. Marduk will be dismayed. Babylon’s idols will be put to shame. Her disgusting images will be dismayed.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
  • Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

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    14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

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    29Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

  • Isa 44:9-11
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    9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

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    8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

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    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

    16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

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    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

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    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

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    18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

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    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

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    18What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

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    18The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

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    16They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

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    20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

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    24Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

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    19They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    18They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13Be sure of this! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

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    17Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”

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    33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

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    17All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

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    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

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