Bible Verses About The Jews: Idolatry

They provoked him with their high places and made him jealous with their idols.

God heard, and he was angry; he came to detest Isra'el completely.

He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent he had made where he could live among people.

He gave his strength into exile, his pride to the power of the foe.

He gave his people over to the sword and grew angry with his own heritage.

Fire consumed their young men, their virgins had no wedding-song,

their cohanim fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.

a people who provoke me to my face all the time, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks.

They sit among the graves and spend the night in caverns; they eat pig meat and their pots hold soup made from disgusting things.

They say, 'Keep your distance, don't come near me, because I am holier than you.' These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day!

See, it is written before me; I will not be silent until I repay them; I will repay them to the full,

your own crimes and those of your ancestors together," says ADONAI. "They offered incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. First I will measure out their wages and then repay them in full."