Those who worship ¹  worthless idols ²  forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. ³ 

I will uproot your images of Asherah ¹  from your midst, and destroy your idols. ² 

Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. ¹  All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. ²  Her people act like madmen because of ³  those idols they fear. ⁴ 

I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, ¹  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, ¹  they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. ² 

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, ¹  Rachel stole the household idols ²  that belonged to her father.

The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ¹ 

I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, ¹  whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s ²  or Samaria’s.

For at that time ¹  everyone will get rid of ²  the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made. ³ 

They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own ¹  and defiled it.

I will do these things to you ¹  because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

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

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

Do not turn to idols, ¹  and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ¹  He made an ephod ²  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ³ 

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols ¹  his ancestors ²  had made.

He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; ¹  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ² 

He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, ¹  just like the Amorites ²  whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)

“King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. ¹  He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. ²