1 Kings 12:28
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
28 So the king sought advice.
Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, ‘Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods[a] who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’(A)
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- 12:28 Or here is your God, or here is your god
Isaiah 46:6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
6 Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales –
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.(A)
Jeremiah 16:20
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
20 Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.(A)
Hosea 2:8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
8 She does not recognise(A)
that it is I who gave her the grain,(B)
the new wine, and the fresh oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.
Hosea 8:4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
4 They have installed kings,(A)
but not through me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without my approval.
They make their silver and gold(B)
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.[a]
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- 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off
Habakkuk 2:19
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath(A) in it at all.
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