אֱלִיל

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

…and the idols will vanish completely.

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

…and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”