26 So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound;(A) no one answered. Then they danced[a] around the altar they had made.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 18:26 Or hobbled

26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.

Then they called(A) on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response;(B) no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

Read full chapter

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

Read full chapter

28 They shouted loudly, and cut themselves(A) with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

Read full chapter

28 So they shouted louder and slashed(A) themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.

Read full chapter

28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

Read full chapter

20 “Come, gather together,
and approach, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols
and pray to a god who cannot save(A)
have no knowledge.(B)

Read full chapter

20 “Gather together(A) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(B) are those who carry(C) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(D)

Read full chapter

20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Read full chapter