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and he hath broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that <FI>is<Fi> in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he doth burn with fire.'

And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not--the shrines and the images.

And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come; — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.

Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this <FI>is<Fi> all the fruit--To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not--shrines and images.

And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that <FI>are<Fi> on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

And they build--also they--for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;

`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world; — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. — read the full passage →

And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that <FI>is<Fi> in the highway of the fuller's field.

and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

`And a man or woman--when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who <FI>are<Fi> wizards--are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.'

`Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,