made gods
Psalm 115:4-8
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Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man's hands,
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A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,
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Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,
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Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;
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Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
Psalm 135:15-18
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The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.
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A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,
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Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!
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Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
Isaiah 44:9-20
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Framers of a graven image [are] all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they [are], They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
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Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
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Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans -- they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.
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He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.
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He hath wrought [with] wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.
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Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it].
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And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth [it], and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it.
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Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By [this] half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: 'Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.
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And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, 'Deliver me, for my god thou [art].'
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They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
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And none doth turn [it] back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, 'Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'
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Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
Jeremiah 10:3-5
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For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
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With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
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As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
Hosea 8:5
Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?
Hosea 8:6
For even it [is] of Israel; an artificer made it, And it [is] not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!
Micah 4:5
For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god -- and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our God, To the age and for ever.
Romans 1:23
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.