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Rev. 9:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yeti repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devilsk, and idolsl of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

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Jer. 5:3• ³Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)

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Jer. 8:6• ⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:6)

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Lev. 17:7• ⁷And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be an everlasting statute unto them for their generations. (Lev. 17:7)

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1 Cor. 10:20• ²⁰But that what the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons. (1 Cor. 10:20)

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Psa. 135:15• ¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands: (Psa. 135:15)

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Isa. 40:19‑20• ¹⁹The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.
²⁰He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:19‑20)

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And the.That is, those of the Latin and Greek churches, who escaped destruction, still persisted in their idolatrous worship of demons, etc.yet.

Rev. 9:21• ²¹And they repented not of their murders, nor of their witchcrafts, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. (Rev. 9:21)

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Rev. 2:21‑22• ²¹And I gave her time that she should repent, and she will not repent of her fornication.
²²Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, (Rev. 2:21‑22)

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Rev. 16:8• ⁸And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun; and it was given to it to burn men with fire. (Rev. 16:8)

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Deut. 31:29• ²⁹For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. (Deut. 31:29)

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2 Chron. 28:22• ²²And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Jer. 5:3• ³Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)

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Jer. 8:4‑6• ⁴And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?
⁵Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:4‑6)

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Matt. 21:32• ³²For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him. (Matt. 21:32)

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2 Cor. 12:21• ²¹lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised. (2 Cor. 12:21)

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Lev. 17:7• ⁷And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be an everlasting statute unto them for their generations. (Lev. 17:7)

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Deut. 32:17• ¹⁷They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not. (Deut. 32:17)

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2 Kings 22:17• ¹⁷Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. (2 Kings 22:17)

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2 Chron. 34:25• ²⁵Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my fury shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. (2 Chron. 34:25)

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Psa. 106:37• ³⁷And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, (Psa. 106:37)

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Isa. 2:8• ⁸And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made. (Isa. 2:8)

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Jer. 25:6• ⁶And go not after other gods, to serve them and to worship them; and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. (Jer. 25:6)

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Jer. 44:8• ⁸provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are come to sojourn, that ye should be cut off, and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? (Jer. 44:8)

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Acts 7:41• ⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. (Acts 7:41)

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Acts 19:26• ²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands. (Acts 19:26)

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1 Cor. 10:20‑21• ²⁰But that what the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.
²¹Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:20‑21)

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1 Tim. 4:1• ¹But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons (1 Tim. 4:1)

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Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
⁵They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
⁸They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 135:15‑18• ¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
¹⁶They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
¹⁷They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.
¹⁸They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 135:15‑18)

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Isa. 40:19‑20• ¹⁹The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.
²⁰He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:19‑20)

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Isa. 41:7• ⁷And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved. (Isa. 41:7)

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Isa. 42:17‑18• ¹⁷They shall be turned back, they shall be covered with shame, that confide in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
¹⁸--Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. (Isa. 42:17‑18)

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know;--that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a *god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
¹¹Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up: they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The iron-smith hath a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm;--but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.
¹³The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.
¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth--he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh it grow.
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a *god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.
¹⁷And with the remainder thereof he maketh a *god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my *god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
¹⁹And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9‑20)

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Isa. 46:5‑7• ⁵To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
⁶--They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a *god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:5‑7)

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Jer. 10:3‑5,8‑9,14‑15• ³For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
⁴they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
⁸But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.
¹⁴Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
¹⁵They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:3‑5,8‑9,14‑15)

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Jer. 15:19‑20• ¹⁹Therefore thus saith Jehovah: If thou return, then will I bring thee again, thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
²⁰And I will make thee unto this people a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah; (Jer. 15:19‑20)

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Jer. 51:17• ¹⁷Every man is become brutish, so as to have no knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jer. 51:17)

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Dan. 5:23• ²³but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:23)

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Hab. 2:18‑20• ¹⁸What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
²⁰But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him! (Hab. 2:18‑20)

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Acts 17:29• ²⁹Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination. (Acts 17:29)

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Rom. 1:21‑23• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. (Rom. 1:21‑23)

• They had seen their fellows swept away from the earth by “these plagues”; but their conscience, seared as with a hot iron, was untouched. (article #86696)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worshiph demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

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See Note h, ch. 3.9.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idolsa of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood which can neither see nor hear nor walkb;

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a

T. R. omits "the" before "idols."

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In verses 20 and 21 of the RV the force is given more literally.