Galatians 4:8 But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their ver...

4:8 AMP

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Amplified Bible - But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.
新标点和合本 - 但从前你们不认识　神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的作奴仆；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但从前不认识上帝的时候，你们是给那些本来不是上帝的神明作奴隶；
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但从前不认识　神的时候，你们是给那些本来不是　神的神明作奴隶；
当代译本 - 从前，你们不认识上帝，做那些假神的奴隶。
圣经新译本 - 从前你们不认识　神的时候，是给那些本来不是　神的作奴仆；
中文标准译本 - 从前，你们不认识神的时候，固然给那些本性上不是神的做了奴仆，
现代标点和合本 - 但从前你们不认识神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的做奴仆。
和合本（拼音版） - 但从前你们不认识上帝的时候，是给那些本来不是神的作奴仆。
New International Version - Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
New International Reader's Version - At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that are really not gods at all.
English Standard Version - Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
New Living Translation - Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
The Message - Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them. But now that you know the real God—or rather since God knows you—how can you possibly subject yourselves again to those tin gods? For that is exactly what you do when you are intimidated into scrupulously observing all the traditions, taboos, and superstitions associated with special days and seasons and years. I am afraid that all my hard work among you has gone up in a puff of smoke!
Christian Standard Bible - But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
New American Standard Bible - However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods.
New King James Version - But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
American Standard Version - Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
King James Version - Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
New English Translation - Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
World English Bible - However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
新標點和合本 - 但從前你們不認識神的時候，是給那些本來不是神的作奴僕；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但從前不認識上帝的時候，你們是給那些本來不是上帝的神明作奴隸；
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但從前不認識　神的時候，你們是給那些本來不是　神的神明作奴隸；
當代譯本 - 從前，你們不認識上帝，做那些假神的奴隸。
聖經新譯本 - 從前你們不認識　神的時候，是給那些本來不是　神的作奴僕；
呂振中譯本 - 但從前你們不認識上帝的時候，是給那些本性不是神的做奴僕。
中文標準譯本 - 從前，你們不認識神的時候，固然給那些本性上不是神的做了奴僕，
現代標點和合本 - 但從前你們不認識神的時候，是給那些本來不是神的做奴僕。
文理和合譯本 - 昔爾不識上帝、役於本非神者、
文理委辦譯本 - 昔爾不識上帝、非上帝反服事之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 昔爾不識天主、所事之神、本非天主、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然曩日爾未識天主、猶為偽神所奴；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Antes, cuando no conocían a Dios, ustedes eran esclavos de los que en realidad no son dioses.
현대인의 성경 - 전에 여러분이 하나님을 알지 못했을 때는 실제로 있지도 않은 신들에게 종이 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда вы еще не знали Бога, вы были рабами существ, которые по природе своей не боги.
Восточный перевод - Когда вы ещё не знали Всевышнего, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда вы ещё не знали Аллаха, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда вы ещё не знали Всевышнего, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais autrefois, vous ne connaissiez pas Dieu, c’est pourquoi vous serviez comme des esclaves des divinités qui, en réalité, ne sont pas des dieux.
リビングバイブル - ガラテヤの人たち。あなたがた外国人は、神を知らなかった時、実際には存在しない「神々」と呼ばれているものの奴隷でした。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες Θεὸν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς;
Nova Versão Internacional - Antes, quando vocês não conheciam a Deus, eram escravos daqueles que, por natureza, não são deuses.
Hoffnung für alle - Als ihr von Gott noch nichts wusstet, habt ihr sogenannten Göttern gedient, die in Wirklichkeit gar keine sind.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngày trước, anh chị em không biết Đức Chúa Trời, nên đã làm nô lệ cho những thần linh giả tạo.
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Romans 1:23 - and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
John 1:10 - He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Romans 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,
Acts 17:23 - Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
Psalms 115:4 - The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
Psalms 115:5 - They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;
Psalms 115:6 - They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;
Psalms 115:7 - They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; Nor can they make a sound with their throats.
Psalms 115:8 - Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
Acts 17:29 - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
Acts 17:30 - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
1 John 3:1 - See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Acts 14:12 - They began calling Barnabas, Zeus [chief of the Greek gods], and Paul, Hermes [messenger of the Greek gods], since he took the lead in speaking.
Jeremiah 2:11 - Has a nation [ever] changed gods Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]? But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God) For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].
Psalms 135:15 - The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
Psalms 135:16 - They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;
Psalms 135:17 - They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Psalms 135:18 - Those who make idols are like them [absolutely worthless—spiritually blind, deaf, and powerless]; So is everyone who trusts in and relies on them.
Jeremiah 10:3 - For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.
Jeremiah 10:4 - They adorn the idol with silver and with gold; They fasten it with hammers and nails So that it will not fall apart.
Jeremiah 10:5 - They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field; They cannot speak; They have to be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not be afraid of them, For they can do no harm or evil, Nor can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 10:6 - There is none like You, O Lord; You are great, and great is Your mighty and powerful name.
Jeremiah 10:7 - Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For it is appropriate and it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
Jeremiah 10:8 - But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!
Jeremiah 10:9 - Silver that has been beaten [into plates] is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the craftsman and of the hand of the goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.
Jeremiah 10:11 - In this manner you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
Jeremiah 10:12 - God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.
Jeremiah 10:13 - When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds and the mist to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His treasuries and from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 10:14 - Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God]; Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols; For his molten images are frauds and lies, And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:15 - They are worthless and devoid of promise, a work of delusion and mockery; In their time of [trial and] punishment they will perish [without hope].
Jeremiah 10:16 - The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these; For He is the Designer and Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]— The Lord of hosts is His name.
Exodus 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
Joshua 24:15 - If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:2 - Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods.
Isaiah 44:9 - All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:10 - Who has made a god or cast an idol which is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah 44:11 - In fact, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble, let them stand up, let them be terrified, let them together be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:12 - The ironsmith shapes iron and uses a chisel and works it over the coals. He forms the [idol’s] core with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He also becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and grows tired.
Isaiah 44:13 - The carpenter stretches out a measuring line, he marks out the shape [of the idol] with red chalk; he works it with planes and outlines it with the compass; and he makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, that it may sit in a house.
Isaiah 44:14 - He cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it.
Isaiah 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god [from the same wood] and worships it. He makes it into a carved idol [with his own hands] and falls down and worships it!
Isaiah 44:16 - He burns half of the wood in the fire; over this half he [cooks and] eats meat, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
Isaiah 44:17 - But from what is left of the wood he makes a god, his carved idol. He falls down before it, he worships it and prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one remembers, nor has knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], “I have burned half of this log in the fire, and also baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. Then I make the rest of it into an repulsive thing [to God]; I bow down [to worship] before a block of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You And on the families that do not call Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And made his land a desolate waste.
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
2 Chronicles 13:9 - Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? So whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of non-existent gods (idols).
1 Corinthians 10:19 - What do I mean then? That a thing offered to idols is anything [special or changed simply because it is offered], or that an idol is anything?
1 Corinthians 10:20 - On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples].
1 Peter 4:3 - For the time already past is [more than] enough for doing what the [unsaved] Gentiles like to do— living [unrestrained as you have done] in a course of [shameless] sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
Isaiah 37:19 - and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
1 Thessalonians 1:9 - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
1 Corinthians 8:4 - In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one.
Ephesians 2:11 - Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—
Ephesians 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
1 Thessalonians 4:5 - not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will;

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Amplified Bible - But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.
新标点和合本 - 但从前你们不认识　神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的作奴仆；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但从前不认识上帝的时候，你们是给那些本来不是上帝的神明作奴隶；
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但从前不认识　神的时候，你们是给那些本来不是　神的神明作奴隶；
当代译本 - 从前，你们不认识上帝，做那些假神的奴隶。
圣经新译本 - 从前你们不认识　神的时候，是给那些本来不是　神的作奴仆；
中文标准译本 - 从前，你们不认识神的时候，固然给那些本性上不是神的做了奴仆，
现代标点和合本 - 但从前你们不认识神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的做奴仆。
和合本（拼音版） - 但从前你们不认识上帝的时候，是给那些本来不是神的作奴仆。
New International Version - Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
New International Reader's Version - At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that are really not gods at all.
English Standard Version - Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
New Living Translation - Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
The Message - Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them. But now that you know the real God—or rather since God knows you—how can you possibly subject yourselves again to those tin gods? For that is exactly what you do when you are intimidated into scrupulously observing all the traditions, taboos, and superstitions associated with special days and seasons and years. I am afraid that all my hard work among you has gone up in a puff of smoke!
Christian Standard Bible - But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
New American Standard Bible - However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods.
New King James Version - But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
American Standard Version - Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
King James Version - Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
New English Translation - Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
World English Bible - However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
新標點和合本 - 但從前你們不認識神的時候，是給那些本來不是神的作奴僕；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但從前不認識上帝的時候，你們是給那些本來不是上帝的神明作奴隸；
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但從前不認識　神的時候，你們是給那些本來不是　神的神明作奴隸；
當代譯本 - 從前，你們不認識上帝，做那些假神的奴隸。
聖經新譯本 - 從前你們不認識　神的時候，是給那些本來不是　神的作奴僕；
呂振中譯本 - 但從前你們不認識上帝的時候，是給那些本性不是神的做奴僕。
中文標準譯本 - 從前，你們不認識神的時候，固然給那些本性上不是神的做了奴僕，
現代標點和合本 - 但從前你們不認識神的時候，是給那些本來不是神的做奴僕。
文理和合譯本 - 昔爾不識上帝、役於本非神者、
文理委辦譯本 - 昔爾不識上帝、非上帝反服事之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 昔爾不識天主、所事之神、本非天主、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然曩日爾未識天主、猶為偽神所奴；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Antes, cuando no conocían a Dios, ustedes eran esclavos de los que en realidad no son dioses.
현대인의 성경 - 전에 여러분이 하나님을 알지 못했을 때는 실제로 있지도 않은 신들에게 종이 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда вы еще не знали Бога, вы были рабами существ, которые по природе своей не боги.
Восточный перевод - Когда вы ещё не знали Всевышнего, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда вы ещё не знали Аллаха, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда вы ещё не знали Всевышнего, вы были рабами «богов», которые вовсе не боги.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais autrefois, vous ne connaissiez pas Dieu, c’est pourquoi vous serviez comme des esclaves des divinités qui, en réalité, ne sont pas des dieux.
リビングバイブル - ガラテヤの人たち。あなたがた外国人は、神を知らなかった時、実際には存在しない「神々」と呼ばれているものの奴隷でした。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες Θεὸν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς;
Nova Versão Internacional - Antes, quando vocês não conheciam a Deus, eram escravos daqueles que, por natureza, não são deuses.
Hoffnung für alle - Als ihr von Gott noch nichts wusstet, habt ihr sogenannten Göttern gedient, die in Wirklichkeit gar keine sind.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ngày trước, anh chị em không biết Đức Chúa Trời, nên đã làm nô lệ cho những thần linh giả tạo.
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Romans 1:23 - and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
John 1:10 - He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Romans 1:28 - And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,
Acts 17:23 - Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
Psalms 115:4 - The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
Psalms 115:5 - They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;
Psalms 115:6 - They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;
Psalms 115:7 - They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; Nor can they make a sound with their throats.
Psalms 115:8 - Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
Acts 17:29 - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
Acts 17:30 - Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
1 John 3:1 - See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Acts 14:12 - They began calling Barnabas, Zeus [chief of the Greek gods], and Paul, Hermes [messenger of the Greek gods], since he took the lead in speaking.
Jeremiah 2:11 - Has a nation [ever] changed gods Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]? But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God) For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].
Psalms 135:15 - The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
Psalms 135:16 - They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;
Psalms 135:17 - They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Psalms 135:18 - Those who make idols are like them [absolutely worthless—spiritually blind, deaf, and powerless]; So is everyone who trusts in and relies on them.
Jeremiah 10:3 - For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.
Jeremiah 10:4 - They adorn the idol with silver and with gold; They fasten it with hammers and nails So that it will not fall apart.
Jeremiah 10:5 - They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field; They cannot speak; They have to be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not be afraid of them, For they can do no harm or evil, Nor can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 10:6 - There is none like You, O Lord; You are great, and great is Your mighty and powerful name.
Jeremiah 10:7 - Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For it is appropriate and it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
Jeremiah 10:8 - But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!
Jeremiah 10:9 - Silver that has been beaten [into plates] is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the craftsman and of the hand of the goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.
Jeremiah 10:11 - In this manner you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
Jeremiah 10:12 - God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.
Jeremiah 10:13 - When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds and the mist to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His treasuries and from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 10:14 - Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God]; Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols; For his molten images are frauds and lies, And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:15 - They are worthless and devoid of promise, a work of delusion and mockery; In their time of [trial and] punishment they will perish [without hope].
Jeremiah 10:16 - The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these; For He is the Designer and Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]— The Lord of hosts is His name.
Exodus 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”
Ephesians 4:18 - for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
Joshua 24:15 - If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:2 - Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods.
Isaiah 44:9 - All who make carved idols are nothing. Their precious objects are worthless [to them], and their own witnesses (worshipers) fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:10 - Who has made a god or cast an idol which is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah 44:11 - In fact, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble, let them stand up, let them be terrified, let them together be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:12 - The ironsmith shapes iron and uses a chisel and works it over the coals. He forms the [idol’s] core with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He also becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and grows tired.
Isaiah 44:13 - The carpenter stretches out a measuring line, he marks out the shape [of the idol] with red chalk; he works it with planes and outlines it with the compass; and he makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, that it may sit in a house.
Isaiah 44:14 - He cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it.
Isaiah 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god [from the same wood] and worships it. He makes it into a carved idol [with his own hands] and falls down and worships it!
Isaiah 44:16 - He burns half of the wood in the fire; over this half he [cooks and] eats meat, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
Isaiah 44:17 - But from what is left of the wood he makes a god, his carved idol. He falls down before it, he worships it and prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one remembers, nor has knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], “I have burned half of this log in the fire, and also baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. Then I make the rest of it into an repulsive thing [to God]; I bow down [to worship] before a block of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Jeremiah 10:25 - Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You And on the families that do not call Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And made his land a desolate waste.
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
2 Chronicles 13:9 - Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? So whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of non-existent gods (idols).
1 Corinthians 10:19 - What do I mean then? That a thing offered to idols is anything [special or changed simply because it is offered], or that an idol is anything?
1 Corinthians 10:20 - On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples].
1 Peter 4:3 - For the time already past is [more than] enough for doing what the [unsaved] Gentiles like to do— living [unrestrained as you have done] in a course of [shameless] sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
Isaiah 37:19 - and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
1 Thessalonians 1:9 - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
1 Corinthians 8:4 - In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one.
Ephesians 2:11 - Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves “Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human hands—
Ephesians 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
1 Thessalonians 4:5 - not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will;