Psalms 106:20

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

“ ‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.

and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.

“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.

Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.

They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”

‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.

He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

Haven’t you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves according to the ways of the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of those who are no gods.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him.

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.

They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief;

You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth.

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as his fathers had done. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.”

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?

The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.