1 Kings 18:26-29
26And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made. 27And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28And they cried aloud and acut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. 29And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of bthe offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.Psalms 115:8
8 cThose who make them become like them;so do all who trust in them.
Isaiah 42:17-18
17 dThey are turned back and utterly put to shame,who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”
Israel’s Failure to Hear and See
18 Hear, you deaf,and look, you blind, that you may see!
Isaiah 44:17-20
17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. eHe prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an fabomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 gHe feeds on hashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not ia lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 46:7
7 jThey lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,they set it in its place, and it stands there;
kit cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
Isaiah 48:7
7They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,
lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
Jeremiah 2:27-28
27who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But lin the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’
28But mwhere are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, nif they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for oas many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.
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