"Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth.

but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales must not be eaten.

You must not eat anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.

Moles, rats, mice, and lizards must be considered unclean.

Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

whether they crawl, or walk on four legs, or have many legs.

I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

reptile or fish.

"Do not eat anything that the LORD has declared unclean.

But no animals may be eaten unless they have divided hoofs and also chew the cud. You may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs.

Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs but do not chew the cud. Do not eat any of these animals or even touch their dead bodies.

You take smooth stones from there and worship them as gods. You pour out wine as offerings to them and bring them grain offerings. Do you think I am pleased with all this?

You set up your obscene idols just inside your front doors. You forsake me; you take off your clothes and climb in your large beds with your lovers, whom you pay to sleep with you. And there you satisfy your lust.

You wear yourselves out looking for other gods, but you never give up. You think your obscene idols give you strength, and so you never grow weak.

The LORD says, "Just as a thief is disgraced when caught, so all you people of Israel will be disgraced---your kings and officials, your priests and prophets.

You will all be disgraced---you that say that a tree is your father and that a rock is your mother. This will happen because you turned away from me instead of turning to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and save you.

and was not at all ashamed. She defiled the land, and she committed adultery by worshiping stones and trees.

I will make them pay double for their sin and wickedness, because they have defiled my land with idols that are as lifeless as corpses, and have filled it with their false gods."

instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles.