II Chronicles 28:23
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Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
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When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.