Isaiah 17:8
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And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
In other translations
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
Hebrew words
וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יִשְׁעֶהyish'ehhe will lookH8159אֶל־'el-toH413הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתhamizbechotthe altarsH4196מַעֲשֵׂהma'aseh[the] work ofH4639יָדָיוyadavhands hisH3027וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand [that] whichH834עָשׂוּ'asuthey have madeH6213אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו'etzbe'otavfingers hisH676לֹאlo'notH3808יִרְאֶהyir'ehhe will seeH7200וְהָאֲשֵׁרִיםveha'asherimand the Asherah polesH842וְהָחַמָּנִים׃vehachamanimand the incense altarsH2553
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- Isaiah 30:22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
- Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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- Isaiah 2:8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
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- 2 Chronicles 14:5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
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