Fondare 333 Risultati per: Foreign Gods
He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Temple of Yahweh, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the Temple of Yahweh and in Jerusalem, and threw them out of the city. (2 Chronicles 33, 15)
Because they have abandoned me and burnt incense to other gods, so as to provoke my anger by their every action, my wrath is about to be poured down on this place, and nothing can stop it. (2 Chronicles 34, 25)
Then Shechaniah son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, 'We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the country. But, in spite of this, there is still some hope for Israel. (Ezra 10, 2)
We will make a covenant with our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children in obedience to the advice of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let us act in accordance with the Law. (Ezra 10, 3)
The priest Ezra then stood up and said to them, 'You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives, thus adding to Israel's guilt. (Ezra 10, 10)
So now give thanks to Yahweh, God of your ancestors, and do his will by holding aloof from the people of the country and from foreign wives.' (Ezra 10, 11)
Let our officials deputise for the whole community, and all the people in our towns who have married foreign wives can come at stated times, accompanied by elders and judges from each town, until our God's fierce anger over this is turned away from us.' (Ezra 10, 14)
And by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women. (Ezra 10, 17)
Among the priests who were found to have married foreign wives were: of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah, (Ezra 10, 18)
All these had married foreign wives but sent them away with their children. (Ezra 10, 44)
Was it not because of women like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Although among many nations there was no king like him and he was loved by his God, and God made him king of all Israel, even then foreign women led him into sinning! (Nehemiah 13, 26)
Were you obedient when you committed this very grave crime: breaking faith with our God by marrying foreign wives?' (Nehemiah 13, 27)
