Isaiah 27:9
27:9 So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven,
and this is how they will show they are finished sinning:
They will make all the stones of the altars
like crushed limestone,
and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.
Ezekiel 7:19
7:19 They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth.
Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the
Lord’s fury.
They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth
was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.
Ezekiel 14:3-7
14:3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity
right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek
me?
14:4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the
Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry.
14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’
14:6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.
14:7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.
Ezekiel 44:12
44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle
to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow
concerning them, declares the sovereign
Lord, that they will be responsible
for their sin.
Hosea 14:3
14:3 Assyria cannot save us;
we will not ride warhorses.
We will never again say, ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made.
For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”
Hosea 14:8
14:8 O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore!
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a luxuriant cypress tree;
your fruitfulness comes from me!
Micah 5:11-14
5:11 I will destroy the cities of your land,
and tear down all your fortresses.
5:12 I will remove the sorcery that you practice,
and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.
5:13 I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst;
you will no longer worship what your own hands made.
5:14 I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst,
and destroy your idols.
Zechariah 13:2
13:2 And also on that day,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “I will remove
the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
Matthew 23:39
23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Revelation 2:14
2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam,
who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block
before the people
of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.