ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?Contemporary English VersionAll you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshiped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in ...
Building an altar is an act of worship and obedience, signifying reverence and dedication to God. Altars in the Old Testament are places of sacrifice, prayer, and covenant renewal. This command connects to the patriarchal tradition of altar-building as seen with Abraham and Isaac, symbolizing a...
The poor have no work, no food, no hope – they are Les Misérables, and rebellion is in the air. France remembers the French Revolution in 1789, when the people built barricades in the streets of Paris, and the dead were counted in thousands. Is that time coming again? This is the ...
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not
1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter ...
And so he says, “Flee from the worship of idols,” and he uses the Lord’s Table to illustrate his point. “You come to this Table,” he writes, “but you also worship at other altars.” We worship, for example, at the altars of physical safety, of financial security, of achieve...
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—King James BibleI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of ...
those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the LORD but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;Holman Christian Standard Biblethose who bow in worship on the rooftops to the heavenly host; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the LORD ...
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not