a[Isa. 41:29; Hab. 2:18; Zech. 10:2]
bver. 21
cver. 8; Prov. 30:2; [Rom. 1:22]
dSee Isa. 42:17
ePs. 135:17; Hab. 2:19
fPs. 31:6; [2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5]
g[Jer. 2:13]
hSee Gen. 31:19
iHab. 2:18
jJer. 23:25
kEzek. 34:5, 6
lPs. 106:20; Jer. 2:11; [Deut. 4:16-18; Acts 17:29]
m1 Tim. 1:17
nver. 26, 28; [Eph. 4:19]
o[1 Thess. 4:4]
pIsa. 28:15; 44:19, 20; Jer. 10:14; Amos 2:4; [2 Thess. 2:11]
qch. 9:5
r[Rev. 13:14]; See Matt. 24:24
sSee 1 Cor. 1:18
t[1 Kgs. 22:22; Ezek. 14:9; Rev. 17:17]
u[1 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:2]; See Rom. 1:25

Jeremiah 10:8

8 aThey are both bstupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!

Jeremiah 10:14-15

14 cEvery man is stupid and without knowledge;
devery goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
eand there is no breath in them.
 15They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Jonah 2:8

8 fThose who pay regard to vain idols
gforsake their hope of steadfast love.

Zechariah 10:2

2For hthe household gods iutter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
jthey tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore kthe people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

Romans 1:23-25

23and lexchanged the glory of mthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24Therefore nGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to othe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for pa lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, qwho is blessed forever! Amen.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan rwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for sthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore tGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe uwhat is false,
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