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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• ³O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but 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, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. (Jer. 8:6)

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Lev. 17:7• ⁷And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. (Lev. 17:7)

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1 Cor. 10:20• ²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. (1 Cor. 10:20)

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

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Isa. 40:19‑20• ¹⁹The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
²⁰He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning 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• ²¹Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. (Rev. 9:21)

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Rev. 2:21‑22• ²¹And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
²²Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. (Rev. 2:21‑22)

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Rev. 16:8• ⁸And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch 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 turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, 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 distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz. (2 Chron. 28:22)

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Jer. 5:3• ³O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but 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• ⁴Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
⁵Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
⁶I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. (Jer. 8:4‑6)

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Matt. 21:32• ³²For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. (Matt. 21:32)

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2 Cor. 12:21• ²¹And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. (2 Cor. 12:21)

worship.

Lev. 17:7• ⁷And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. (Lev. 17:7)

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Deut. 32:17• ¹⁷They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared 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 works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be 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 wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. (2 Chron. 34:25)

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

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Isa. 2:8• ⁸Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own 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 works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. (Jer. 25:6)

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Jer. 44:8• ⁸In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might 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 unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. (Acts 7:41)

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Acts 19:26• ²⁶Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: (Acts 19:26)

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1 Cor. 10:20‑21• ²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. (1 Cor. 10:20‑21)

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1 Tim. 4:1• ¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Tim. 4:1)

and idols.

Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
⁵They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
⁶They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
⁷They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
⁸They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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

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

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Isa. 41:7• ⁷So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. (Isa. 41:7)

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

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Isa. 44:9‑20• ⁹They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not 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, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
¹²The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
¹³The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
¹⁵Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh 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 warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
¹⁷And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even 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 not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
¹⁹And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
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, and compare me, that we may be like?
⁶They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:5‑7)

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Jer. 10:3‑5,8‑9,14‑15• ³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because 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 altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
⁹Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
¹⁴Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: 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 the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and 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 fenced 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 the Lord. (Jer. 15:19‑20)

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Jer. 51:17• ¹⁷Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded 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 heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, 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 a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
²⁰But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:18‑20)

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Acts 17:29• ²⁹Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. (Acts 17:29)

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Rom. 1:21‑23• ²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (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.