Isaiah 40:20
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Isaiah 40:20
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20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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Isaiah 40:20
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20 Whoever is too impoverished for such [a]a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
(A)To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:20 an offering
Isaiah 41:24
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Isaiah 41:24
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24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
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Isaiah 41:24
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24 Indeed (A)you are nothing,
And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.
Isaiah 41:29
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Isaiah 41:29
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29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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Isaiah 41:29
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29 (A)Indeed they are all [a]worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:29 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Syr., Tg. nothing; LXX omits first line
Isaiah 44:9
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Isaiah 44:9
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9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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Isaiah 44:9
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Idolatry Is Foolishness
9 (A)Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
(B)They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
(B)Have followed [a]idols,
And have become idolaters?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:5 vanities or futilities
Jeremiah 2:11
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Jeremiah 2:11
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11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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Jeremiah 2:11
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11 (A)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are (B)not gods?
(C)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
Jeremiah 14:22
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Jeremiah 14:22
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22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Jeremiah 14:22
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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
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Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.”
Jonah 2:8
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8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
turn away from God’s love for them.
Jonah 2:8
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8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Jonah 2:8
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Footnotes
- Jonah 2:8 Or Lovingkindness
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