Quotes about Idolatry
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 2:13
For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
- Hosea 2:17
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
- Hosea 3:1
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
- Hosea 4:7
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
- Hosea 4:12
The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
- Hosea 4:19
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
- Hosea 6:10
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
- Hosea 7:14
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
- Hosea 8:5
For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
- Hosea 8:6
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Hosea 8:9
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
- Hosea 8:11