Bible Cross References
For he sacrificed
2 Chronicles 25:14
And it came to pass after Amaziah had returned from attacking Edom, that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before them, and he sacrificed to them.
2 Kings 16:12
And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
2 Kings 16:13
and offered his whole burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering, and poured out the blood of his peace offerings on the bronze altar that was before the Lord.
Because the gods
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my God.
sacrifice to them
Jeremiah 10:5
they will set them up that they may not move.
Jeremiah 44:15-18
15
Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16
[As for] the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.
17
For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
18
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
But they were
Isaiah 1:28
And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
Jeremiah 44:20-28
20
Then Jeremiah answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him [these] words for an answer, saying,
21
Did not the Lord remember the incense which you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem- you, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? Did it not enter into His heart?
22
And the Lord could no longer bear [you], because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which you wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as it is this day.
23
Because of your burning incense, and [because] of the things in which you sinned against the Lord. And you have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in His ordinances, and in His law, and in His testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you.
24
And Jeremiah said to the people, and to the women, Hear the word of the Lord.
25
Thus says the Lord God of Israel; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you have fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her. Full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed [them].
26
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all [you] Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, My name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.
27
For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good. And all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed.
28
And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Judah few in number, and the remnant of Judah, who have continued in the land [of] Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, who will aid [you] in your destruction?