So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

idolatry, sorcery, ¹  hostilities, ²  strife, ³  jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, ⁴  factions,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: ¹  sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, ²  evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as ¹  king.”

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ¹  desire. ²  You lived then ³  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ⁴  and wanton idolatries. ⁵ 

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. ¹  Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way. ¹ 

When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?” ¹ 

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions. ¹ 

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Is there idolatry ¹  in Gilead? ²  Certainly its inhabitants ³  will come to nothing! ⁴  Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!

All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and ¹  the sins of the nation ²  of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? ³  Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! ⁴  Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask? ⁵  They are right in Jerusalem! ⁶ 

You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor ¹  idols, do you rob temples?

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.” ¹ 

“Exact vengeance ¹  for the Israelites on the Midianites ²  – after that you will be gathered to your people.” ³ 

The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate ¹  them.

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. ¹ 

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, ¹  and made him jealous with their idols.

Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! ¹  Revive me with your word! ² 

You despise ¹  all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable. ²