Bible Verses About Idolatry

Then certain of Isra'el's leaders came to me; and while they were sitting with me,

the word of ADONAI came to me:

"Human being, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, thus setting in front of themselves the stumblingblock that leads to sin. Should I let them consult me at all?

Therefore speak to them, and tell them that Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Everyone in the house of Isra'el who takes his idols into his heart, thus setting in front of himself the stumblingblock that leads to sin, and then comes to the prophet, I myself, ADONAI, will answer him in a manner suited to his many idols,

in order to grab hold of the house of Isra'el in their hearts; since, through their idols, they have all fallen away from me.'

"Therefore say to the house of Isra'el that Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Repent! Turn yourselves away from your idols, turn your faces away from all your disgusting practices!

For everyone, whether from the house of Isra'el or a foreigner living in Isra'el, who separates himself from me and takes his idols into his heart, thus setting in front of himself the stumblingblock that leads to sin, and then comes to the prophet, asking him to consult me for him, I myself, ADONAI, will answer him.

I will set my face against that person, make him a warning sign and an example, and cut him off from my people. Then you will know that I am ADONAI.

"'Now, whenever a prophet is enticed into speaking a word, it will be I, ADONAI, who will have enticed that prophet. I will stretch out my hand over him and destroy him from among my people Isra'el.

The prophets will bear the guilt for their sins - the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of the inquirer -

so that the house of Isra'el will no longer wander away from me or defile themselves with all their crimes; rather, they will be my people and I will be their God,' says Adonai ELOHIM."

The word of ADONAI came to me:

"Human being, when a land sins against me by dealing treacherously with me, so that I stretch out my hand over it and break off its food supply, sending it famine and eliminating both its humans and its animals;

even if these three men were in it - Noach, Dani'el and Iyov - they would by their righteousness save only themselves," says Adonai ELOHIM.

"'Still unsatisfied, you acted like a whore also with the people of Ashur; yes, you fornicated with them and were still not satisfied.

You multiplied your acts of fornication with the land of traders, the Kasdim, and still weren't satisfied.

"'You are so weak-willed!' says Adonai ELOHIM. 'You do all these things, behaving like a shameless whore,

whereas the father himself does none of them. He eats on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,

wrongs the poor and needy, takes by robbery, doesn't restore pledged property, raises his eyes toward the idols, engages in disgusting practices,

"Even when she belonged to me, Oholah prostituted herself; she lusted after her lovers from Ashur - warriors

dressed in blue, governors, rulers, all of them good-looking young men riding on horseback.

She gave herself as a whore to them, all of them the elite of Ashur; and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.

He said, "Human being, this is the place for my throne, the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Isra'el forever. The house of Isra'el, both they and their kings, will never again defile my holy name by their prostitution, by [burying] the corpses of their kings [on] their high places,

or by placing their threshold next to my threshold and their door-frames next to my door-frames, with only a common wall between me and them. Yes, they defiled my holy name by the disgusting practices they committed; which is why I destroyed them in my anger.

So now, they should put their prostitution at a distance and the corpses of their kings far away from me; then I will live among them forever.