For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
- BSB For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
- NKJV For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
- NASB “For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will no longer be mentioned by their names.
- NLT O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again.
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- Exod 23:13“Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
- Josh 23:7that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
- Ps 16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
- Zech 13:2It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more. I will also cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
- Jer 10:11“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
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