Isaiah 2:8

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 2:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
  2. 2 Kings 17:10They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
  3. 2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  4. 2 Chronicles 27:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
  5. 2 Chronicles 28:2Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
  6. 2 Chronicles 28:23Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
  7. 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  8. Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
  9. Isaiah 10:10As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
  10. Isaiah 17:8They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
  11. Isaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
  12. Isaiah 44:15It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
  13. Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
  14. Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
  15. Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.
  16. Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  17. Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
  18. Ezekiel 16:23Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
  19. Hosea 8:6For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
  20. Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
  21. Hosea 13:2Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
  22. Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
  23. Micah 5:12I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
  24. Acts 17:16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

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