Exodus 20:4 No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them beca...

20:4 MSG

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The Message - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
新标点和合本 - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像仿佛上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像，仿佛上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像，仿佛上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
当代译本 - 不可为自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形象造神像，
圣经新译本 - “不可为自己做偶像，也不可做天上、地下和地底下水中各物的形象。
中文标准译本 - 不可为自己造偶像，不可造上天、下地和地底下水中之物的任何形象。
现代标点和合本 - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本（拼音版） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像；也不可作什么形像仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
New International Version - “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
New International Reader's Version - “Do not make for yourself statues of gods that look like anything in the sky. They may not look like anything on the earth or in the waters either.
English Standard Version - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
New Living Translation - “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
Christian Standard Bible - Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
New American Standard Bible - “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.
New King James Version - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Amplified Bible - “You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
American Standard Version - Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
King James Version - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
New English Translation - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
World English Bible - “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
新標點和合本 - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像，彷彿上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像，彷彿上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
當代譯本 - 不可為自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形像造神像，
聖經新譯本 - “不可為自己做偶像，也不可做天上、地下和地底下水中各物的形象。
呂振中譯本 - 『不可為你自己造雕像，也不可造上天、下地、及地底下水中任何物件的形像。
中文標準譯本 - 不可為自己造偶像，不可造上天、下地和地底下水中之物的任何形象。
現代標點和合本 - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什麼形像彷彿上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
文理和合譯本 - 勿雕偶像、勿造上天下地、地下水中、百物之像、
文理委辦譯本 - 毋雕偶像、天上地下水中百物、勿作像象之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋為己作偶像、上天下地、與地下水中百物、毋作其像、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »No te hagas ningún ídolo, ni nada que guarde semejanza con lo que hay arriba en el cielo, ni con lo que hay abajo en la tierra, ni con lo que hay en las aguas debajo de la tierra.
현대인의 성경 - “너희는 하늘이나 땅이나 땅 아래 물 속에 있는 어떤 것의 모양을 본떠서 우상을 만들지 말며
Новый Русский Перевод - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, на земле внизу или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tu ne te feras pas d’idole ni de représentation quelconque de ce qui se trouve en haut dans le ciel, ici-bas sur la terre, ou dans les eaux plus bas que la terre .
リビングバイブル - 決して偶像を造ってはならない。鳥でも動物でも魚でも、どんな像も造ってはならない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Não farás para ti nenhum ídolo, nenhuma imagem de qualquer coisa no céu, na terra, ou nas águas debaixo da terra.
Hoffnung für alle - Fertige dir keine Götzenstatue an, auch kein Abbild von irgendetwas am Himmel, auf der Erde oder im Meer.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các ngươi không được làm cho mình một hình tượng nào theo hình dạng của những vật trên trời cao, hoặc trên đất, hoặc trong nước.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “อย่าสร้างแบบจำลองให้กับตนเอง เป็นรูปสิ่งหนึ่งสิ่งใดที่มีอยู่ในฟ้าสวรรค์เบื้องบน แผ่นดินโลกเบื้องล่าง หรือท้องน้ำเบื้องลึก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าสร้างรูปเคารพหรือสิ่งใดที่มีลักษณะเหมือนสิ่งที่อยู่ในสวรรค์เบื้องบน หรืออยู่ในโลกเบื้องล่าง หรืออยู่ในน้ำใต้โลกให้แก่ตนเอง

交叉引用

Exodus 32:1 - When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, “Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?”
Exodus 34:17 - “Don’t make molten gods for yourselves.
2 Chronicles 33:7 - As a last straw he placed a carved image of the sex goddess Asherah that he had commissioned in The Temple of God, a flagrant and provocative violation of God’s well-known command to both David and Solomon, “In this Temple and in this city Jerusalem, my choice out of all the tribes of Israel, I place my Name—exclusively and forever.” He had promised, “Never again will I let my people Israel wander off from this land I’ve given to their ancestors. But on this condition, that they keep everything I’ve commanded in the instructions my servant Moses passed on to them.”
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
Isaiah 40:18 - So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him? Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It’s made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood— olive wood, say—that won’t rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won’t tip over!
Revelation 9:20 - The remaining men and women who weren’t killed by these weapons went on their merry way—didn’t change their way of life, didn’t quit worshiping demons, didn’t quit centering their lives around lumps of gold and silver and brass, hunks of stone and wood that couldn’t see or hear or move. There wasn’t a sign of a change of heart. They plunged right on in their murderous, occult, promiscuous, and thieving ways. * * *
Acts 19:27 - “Not only is our little business in danger of falling apart, but the temple of our famous goddess Artemis will certainly end up a pile of rubble as her glorious reputation fades to nothing. And this is no mere local matter—the whole world worships our Artemis!”
Acts 19:28 - That set them off in a frenzy. They ran into the street yelling, “Great Artemis of the Ephesians! Great Artemis of the Ephesians!” They put the whole city in an uproar, stampeding into the stadium, and grabbing two of Paul’s associates on the way, the Macedonians Gaius and Aristarchus. Paul wanted to go in, too, but the disciples wouldn’t let him. Prominent religious leaders in the city who had become friendly to Paul concurred: “By no means go near that mob!”
Acts 19:32 - Some were yelling one thing, some another. Most of them had no idea what was going on or why they were there. As the Jews pushed Alexander to the front to try to gain control, different factions clamored to get him on their side. But he brushed them off and quieted the mob with an impressive sweep of his arms. But the moment he opened his mouth and they knew he was a Jew, they shouted him down: “Great Artemis of the Ephesians! Great Artemis of the Ephesians!”—on and on and on, for over two hours.
Acts 19:35 - Finally, the town clerk got the mob quieted down and said, “Fellow citizens, is there anyone anywhere who doesn’t know that our dear city Ephesus is protector of glorious Artemis and her sacred stone image that fell straight out of heaven? Since this is beyond contradiction, you had better get hold of yourselves. This is conduct unworthy of Artemis. These men you’ve dragged in here have done nothing to harm either our temple or our goddess.
Isaiah 42:17 - But those who invested in the no-gods are bankrupt—dead broke.
Revelation 14:9 - A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, “If anyone worships the Beast and its image and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God’s wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger, and suffer torment from fire and brimstone in the presence of Holy Angels, in the presence of the Lamb. Smoke from their torment will rise age after age. No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name.”
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 44:12 - The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil—such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst.
Isaiah 44:13 - The woodworker draws up plans for his no-god, traces it on a block of wood. He shapes it with chisels and planes into human shape—a beautiful woman, a handsome man, ready to be placed in a chapel. He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain. Then it can serve a double purpose: Part he uses as firewood for keeping warm and baking bread; from the other part he makes a god that he worships—carves it into a god shape and prays before it. With half he makes a fire to warm himself and barbecue his supper. He eats his fill and sits back satisfied with his stomach full and his feet warmed by the fire: “Ah, this is the life.” And he still has half left for a god, made to his personal design—a handy, convenient no-god to worship whenever so inclined. Whenever the need strikes him he prays to it, “Save me. You’re my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Deuteronomy 4:23 - So stay alert. Don’t for a minute forget the covenant which God, your God, made with you. And don’t take up with any carved images, no forms of any kind—God, your God, issued clear commands on that. God, your God, is not to be trifled with—he’s a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:25 - When the time comes that you have children and grandchildren, put on years, and start taking things for granted, if you then become corrupt and make any carved images, no matter what their form, by doing what is sheer evil in God’s eyes and provoking his anger—I can tell you right now, with Heaven and Earth as witnesses, that it will be all over for you. You’ll be kicked off the land that you’re about to cross over the Jordan to possess. Believe me, you’ll have a very short stay there. You’ll be ruined, completely ruined. God will scatter you far and wide; a few of you will survive here and there in the nations where God will drive you. There you can worship your homemade gods to your hearts’ content, your wonderful gods of wood and stone that can’t see or hear or eat or smell.
Isaiah 46:5 - “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
Isaiah 46:8 - “Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,’ Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I’ve said it, and I’ll most certainly do it. I’ve planned it, so it’s as good as done.
Ezekiel 8:10 - I entered and looked. I couldn’t believe my eyes: Painted all over the walls were pictures of reptiles and animals and monsters—the whole pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses—being worshiped by Israel. In the middle of the room were seventy of the leaders of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in the middle. Each held his censer with the incense rising in a fragrant cloud.
Revelation 16:2 - The first Angel stepped up and poured his bowl out on earth: Loathsome, stinking sores erupted on all who had taken the mark of the Beast and worshiped its image.
Jeremiah 10:16 - But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God-of-the-Angel-Armies! * * *
Deuteronomy 5:8 - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God. I hold parents responsible for any sins they pass on to their children to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation. But I’m lovingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
Leviticus 19:4 - “Don’t take up with no-god idols. Don’t make gods of cast metal. I am God, your God.
Psalms 97:7 - All who serve handcrafted gods will be sorry— And they were so proud of their ragamuffin gods! On your knees, all you gods—worship him! And Zion, you listen and take heart! Daughters of Zion, sing your hearts out: God has done it all, has set everything right.
Deuteronomy 4:15 - You saw no form on the day God spoke to you at Horeb from out of the fire. Remember that. Carefully guard yourselves so that you don’t turn corrupt and make a form, carving a figure that looks male or female, or looks like a prowling animal or a flying bird or a slithering snake or a fish in a stream. And also carefully guard yourselves so that you don’t look up into the skies and see the sun and moon and stars, all the constellations of the skies, and be seduced into worshiping and serving them. God set them out for everybody’s benefit, everywhere. But you—God took you right out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to become the people of his inheritance—and that’s what you are this very day.
Leviticus 26:1 - “Don’t make idols for yourselves; don’t set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don’t place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am God, your God.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
新标点和合本 - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像仿佛上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像，仿佛上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像，仿佛上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
当代译本 - 不可为自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形象造神像，
圣经新译本 - “不可为自己做偶像，也不可做天上、地下和地底下水中各物的形象。
中文标准译本 - 不可为自己造偶像，不可造上天、下地和地底下水中之物的任何形象。
现代标点和合本 - “不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形像仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本（拼音版） - “不可为自己雕刻偶像；也不可作什么形像仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
New International Version - “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
New International Reader's Version - “Do not make for yourself statues of gods that look like anything in the sky. They may not look like anything on the earth or in the waters either.
English Standard Version - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
New Living Translation - “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
Christian Standard Bible - Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.
New American Standard Bible - “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth.
New King James Version - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Amplified Bible - “You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].
American Standard Version - Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
King James Version - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
New English Translation - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
World English Bible - “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
新標點和合本 - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像，彷彿上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像，彷彿上天、下地和地底下水中的百物。
當代譯本 - 不可為自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形像造神像，
聖經新譯本 - “不可為自己做偶像，也不可做天上、地下和地底下水中各物的形象。
呂振中譯本 - 『不可為你自己造雕像，也不可造上天、下地、及地底下水中任何物件的形像。
中文標準譯本 - 不可為自己造偶像，不可造上天、下地和地底下水中之物的任何形象。
現代標點和合本 - 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什麼形像彷彿上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
文理和合譯本 - 勿雕偶像、勿造上天下地、地下水中、百物之像、
文理委辦譯本 - 毋雕偶像、天上地下水中百物、勿作像象之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋為己作偶像、上天下地、與地下水中百物、毋作其像、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »No te hagas ningún ídolo, ni nada que guarde semejanza con lo que hay arriba en el cielo, ni con lo que hay abajo en la tierra, ni con lo que hay en las aguas debajo de la tierra.
현대인의 성경 - “너희는 하늘이나 땅이나 땅 아래 물 속에 있는 어떤 것의 모양을 본떠서 우상을 만들지 말며
Новый Русский Перевод - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, на земле внизу или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не делай себе идола – никакого изображения того, что на небе вверху, или на земле внизу, или в водах ниже земли.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tu ne te feras pas d’idole ni de représentation quelconque de ce qui se trouve en haut dans le ciel, ici-bas sur la terre, ou dans les eaux plus bas que la terre .
リビングバイブル - 決して偶像を造ってはならない。鳥でも動物でも魚でも、どんな像も造ってはならない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Não farás para ti nenhum ídolo, nenhuma imagem de qualquer coisa no céu, na terra, ou nas águas debaixo da terra.
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Exodus 32:1 - When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, “Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?”
Exodus 34:17 - “Don’t make molten gods for yourselves.
2 Chronicles 33:7 - As a last straw he placed a carved image of the sex goddess Asherah that he had commissioned in The Temple of God, a flagrant and provocative violation of God’s well-known command to both David and Solomon, “In this Temple and in this city Jerusalem, my choice out of all the tribes of Israel, I place my Name—exclusively and forever.” He had promised, “Never again will I let my people Israel wander off from this land I’ve given to their ancestors. But on this condition, that they keep everything I’ve commanded in the instructions my servant Moses passed on to them.”
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
Isaiah 40:18 - So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him? Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It’s made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood— olive wood, say—that won’t rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won’t tip over!
Revelation 9:20 - The remaining men and women who weren’t killed by these weapons went on their merry way—didn’t change their way of life, didn’t quit worshiping demons, didn’t quit centering their lives around lumps of gold and silver and brass, hunks of stone and wood that couldn’t see or hear or move. There wasn’t a sign of a change of heart. They plunged right on in their murderous, occult, promiscuous, and thieving ways. * * *
Acts 19:27 - “Not only is our little business in danger of falling apart, but the temple of our famous goddess Artemis will certainly end up a pile of rubble as her glorious reputation fades to nothing. And this is no mere local matter—the whole world worships our Artemis!”
Acts 19:28 - That set them off in a frenzy. They ran into the street yelling, “Great Artemis of the Ephesians! Great Artemis of the Ephesians!” They put the whole city in an uproar, stampeding into the stadium, and grabbing two of Paul’s associates on the way, the Macedonians Gaius and Aristarchus. Paul wanted to go in, too, but the disciples wouldn’t let him. Prominent religious leaders in the city who had become friendly to Paul concurred: “By no means go near that mob!”
Acts 19:32 - Some were yelling one thing, some another. Most of them had no idea what was going on or why they were there. As the Jews pushed Alexander to the front to try to gain control, different factions clamored to get him on their side. But he brushed them off and quieted the mob with an impressive sweep of his arms. But the moment he opened his mouth and they knew he was a Jew, they shouted him down: “Great Artemis of the Ephesians! Great Artemis of the Ephesians!”—on and on and on, for over two hours.
Acts 19:35 - Finally, the town clerk got the mob quieted down and said, “Fellow citizens, is there anyone anywhere who doesn’t know that our dear city Ephesus is protector of glorious Artemis and her sacred stone image that fell straight out of heaven? Since this is beyond contradiction, you had better get hold of yourselves. This is conduct unworthy of Artemis. These men you’ve dragged in here have done nothing to harm either our temple or our goddess.
Isaiah 42:17 - But those who invested in the no-gods are bankrupt—dead broke.
Revelation 14:9 - A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, “If anyone worships the Beast and its image and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God’s wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger, and suffer torment from fire and brimstone in the presence of Holy Angels, in the presence of the Lamb. Smoke from their torment will rise age after age. No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name.”
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 44:12 - The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil—such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst.
Isaiah 44:13 - The woodworker draws up plans for his no-god, traces it on a block of wood. He shapes it with chisels and planes into human shape—a beautiful woman, a handsome man, ready to be placed in a chapel. He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain. Then it can serve a double purpose: Part he uses as firewood for keeping warm and baking bread; from the other part he makes a god that he worships—carves it into a god shape and prays before it. With half he makes a fire to warm himself and barbecue his supper. He eats his fill and sits back satisfied with his stomach full and his feet warmed by the fire: “Ah, this is the life.” And he still has half left for a god, made to his personal design—a handy, convenient no-god to worship whenever so inclined. Whenever the need strikes him he prays to it, “Save me. You’re my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Deuteronomy 4:23 - So stay alert. Don’t for a minute forget the covenant which God, your God, made with you. And don’t take up with any carved images, no forms of any kind—God, your God, issued clear commands on that. God, your God, is not to be trifled with—he’s a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:25 - When the time comes that you have children and grandchildren, put on years, and start taking things for granted, if you then become corrupt and make any carved images, no matter what their form, by doing what is sheer evil in God’s eyes and provoking his anger—I can tell you right now, with Heaven and Earth as witnesses, that it will be all over for you. You’ll be kicked off the land that you’re about to cross over the Jordan to possess. Believe me, you’ll have a very short stay there. You’ll be ruined, completely ruined. God will scatter you far and wide; a few of you will survive here and there in the nations where God will drive you. There you can worship your homemade gods to your hearts’ content, your wonderful gods of wood and stone that can’t see or hear or eat or smell.
Isaiah 46:5 - “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
Isaiah 46:8 - “Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,’ Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I’ve said it, and I’ll most certainly do it. I’ve planned it, so it’s as good as done.
Ezekiel 8:10 - I entered and looked. I couldn’t believe my eyes: Painted all over the walls were pictures of reptiles and animals and monsters—the whole pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses—being worshiped by Israel. In the middle of the room were seventy of the leaders of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in the middle. Each held his censer with the incense rising in a fragrant cloud.
Revelation 16:2 - The first Angel stepped up and poured his bowl out on earth: Loathsome, stinking sores erupted on all who had taken the mark of the Beast and worshiped its image.
Jeremiah 10:16 - But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God-of-the-Angel-Armies! * * *
Deuteronomy 5:8 - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God. I hold parents responsible for any sins they pass on to their children to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation. But I’m lovingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
Leviticus 19:4 - “Don’t take up with no-god idols. Don’t make gods of cast metal. I am God, your God.
Psalms 97:7 - All who serve handcrafted gods will be sorry— And they were so proud of their ragamuffin gods! On your knees, all you gods—worship him! And Zion, you listen and take heart! Daughters of Zion, sing your hearts out: God has done it all, has set everything right.
Deuteronomy 4:15 - You saw no form on the day God spoke to you at Horeb from out of the fire. Remember that. Carefully guard yourselves so that you don’t turn corrupt and make a form, carving a figure that looks male or female, or looks like a prowling animal or a flying bird or a slithering snake or a fish in a stream. And also carefully guard yourselves so that you don’t look up into the skies and see the sun and moon and stars, all the constellations of the skies, and be seduced into worshiping and serving them. God set them out for everybody’s benefit, everywhere. But you—God took you right out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to become the people of his inheritance—and that’s what you are this very day.
Leviticus 26:1 - “Don’t make idols for yourselves; don’t set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don’t place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am God, your God.