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Throughout the Bible, shrines are often associated with worship, sacrifice, and religious practices. The concept of a shrine can be seen in various forms, from altars and high places to temples and memorial stones.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, shrines are frequently mentioned in the context of Israel's worship practices. The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, often built altars as shrines to commemorate encounters with God. For instance, after God appeared to him, Jacob set up a stone pillar at Bethel as a shrine, pouring oil on it and naming the place Bethel, meaning "House of God" (<a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18-19</a>).<br><br>The Israelites were commanded to worship at the central sanctuary, the Tabernacle, and later the Temple in Jerusalem. However, the practice of building local shrines, or "high places," became prevalent, often leading to idolatry. These high places were condemned by God, as they were associated with the worship of foreign gods. In <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-11</a> , it is recorded, "They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. They burned incense on all the high places, like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them."<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of shrines shifts with the advent of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the Church. The focus moves from physical locations to the spiritual temple of the believer's body. Jesus Himself speaks of worship in spirit and truth, indicating a departure from the necessity of physical shrines (<a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a>).<br><br>However, the cultural context of the New Testament world still included physical shrines dedicated to various deities. In <a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24-27</a> , we read about Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, causing a riot in Ephesus because Paul's preaching threatened their trade and the reverence for the goddess.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, the Bible emphasizes the importance of worshiping God in the manner He prescribes. The construction of unauthorized shrines often led to syncretism and idolatry, drawing the Israelites away from true worship. The prophets frequently called the people back to exclusive worship of Yahweh, condemning the use of shrines for idol worship (<a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a>).<br><br>In the New Testament era, the emphasis is on the believer's heart as the true shrine where God dwells through the Holy Spirit. Paul writes in <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a> , "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own."<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Considerations</b><br><br>Throughout history, the concept of shrines has evolved, but the biblical narrative consistently points to the dangers of misplacing worship. The Israelites' struggle with high places serves as a cautionary tale about the allure of tangible shrines and the ease with which they can become objects of idolatry.<br><br>In summary, while shrines in the Bible can be places of genuine worship and remembrance, they also represent the tension between true devotion to God and the temptation to follow cultural and religious practices that lead away from Him. The biblical call is to worship God in spirit and truth, recognizing that the ultimate shrine is the believer's heart, consecrated to the Lord.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Shrines, Silver<p>Little models and medallions of the temple and image of Diana of Ephesus (<a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24</a>). The manufacture of these was a very large and profitable business. <a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3485.htm"><span class="l">3485. naos -- a temple</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin probably akin to naio (to inhabit) Definition a temple NASB Word Usage<br> <b>shrines</b> (1), temple (42), temple sanctuary (1), temples (1). shrine, temple. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3485.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1354.htm"><span class="l">1354. gab -- a back</span></a><br><b>...</b> from an unused word Definition a back NASB Word Usage back (1), backs (1), base<br> (1), defenses (2), eyebrows* (1), massive* (1), rims (3), shrine (2), <b>shrines</b> (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1354.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/lanciani/pagan_and_christian_rome/chapter_ii_pagan_shrines_and.htm"><span class="l">Pagan <b>Shrines</b> and Temples.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> PAGAN <b>SHRINES</b> AND TEMPLES. <b>...</b> I have had the opportunity of witnessing or conducting<br> the discovery of several temples, altars, <b>shrines</b>, and bronze statues. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter ii pagan shrines and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_26_that_all_the_religion.htm"><span class="l">That all the Religion of the Pagans Has Reference to Dead Men.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> erring, incredulous, and averse to the service of divine religion, says, among other<br> things, "Then shall that land, the most holy place of <b>shrines</b> and temples <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 26 that all the religion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_33_that_only_through_the.htm"><span class="l">That Only through the Christian Religion could the Deceit of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> This he attempted to do in respect to certain fables of the theatres, or mysteries<br> of the <b>shrines</b>; but he did not acquit the theatres of likeness to the <b>shrines</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 33 that only through the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_fight_with_wild_beasts.htm"><span class="l">The Fight with Wild Beasts at Ephesus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver <b>shrines</b><br> for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 25. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the fight with wild beasts.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/exhortation_to_the_heathen/chapter_ii_the_absurdity_and_impiety.htm"><span class="l">The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Explore not then too curiously the <b>shrines</b> of impiety, or the mouths of caverns<br> full of monstrosity, or the Thesprotian caldron, or the Cirrh??an tripod, or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter ii the absurdity and impiety.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_xii_petra.htm"><span class="l">Petra</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There are thirty-eight stone temples and <b>shrines</b> in and around it, and five<br> hundred altars. No one has counted the number of idols <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xii petra.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_28_days_of_toil.htm"><span class="l">Days of Toil and Trial</span></a> <br><b>...</b> An extensive and profitable business had grown up at Ephesus from the manufacture<br> and sale of small <b>shrines</b> and images, modeled after the temple and the image <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 28 days of toil.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_7_jeroboam.htm"><span class="l">Jeroboam</span></a> <br><b>...</b> God. Accordingly he caused to be made two calves of gold, and these were<br> placed within <b>shrines</b> at the appointed centers of worship. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 7 jeroboam.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_xxi_of_marcellus_bishop_of.htm"><span class="l">Of Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea, and the Idols' Temples Destroyed <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The first of the bishops to put the edict in force and destroy the <b>shrines</b> in the<br> city committed to his care was Marcellus, trusting rather in God than in the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxi of marcellus bishop of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_xxix_of_the_idol_temples.htm"><span class="l">Of the Idol Temples which were Destroyed by John in Phoenicia.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> demons' rites, John got together certain monks who were fired with divine zeal,<br> armed them with imperial edicts and despatched them against the idols' <b>shrines</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxix of the idol temples.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shrines.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shrines</b> (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary <b>Shrines</b>, Silver. <b>...</b> The manufacture of these was a very large<br> and profitable business. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Shrines</b> (40 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shrines.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/artemis.htm"><span class="l">Artemis (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Not only was she worshipped in her temple, but in the minute <b>shrines</b> or<br> naoi which were sometimes modeled after the temple. More <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/artemis.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/standing-pillars.htm"><span class="l">Standing-pillars (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 14:23 And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and<br> standing-pillars, and <b>shrines</b>, on every high height, and under every green tree <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/standing-pillars.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/diana.htm"><span class="l">Diana (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Not only was she worshipped in her temple, but in the minute <b>shrines</b> or<br> naoi which were sometimes modeled after the temple. More <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/diana.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/demetrius.htm"><span class="l">Demetrius (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) A silversmith at Ephesus, whose chief occupation<br> was to make "silver <b>shrines</b> for Diana" (qv), Acts 19:24,ie, models either of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/demetrius.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/greece.htm"><span class="l">Greece (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT. " I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology<br> Distinguished from Religion 3. Local <b>Shrines</b> 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/greece.htm - 59k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ancient.htm"><span class="l">Ancient (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT. " I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology<br> Distinguished from Religion 3. Local <b>Shrines</b> 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ancient.htm - 98k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shiver.htm"><span class="l">Shiver (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Shiver (3 Occurrences). Exodus 34:13 for their altars ye break down, and their<br> standing pillars ye shiver, and its <b>shrines</b> ye cut down; (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shiver.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/breaketh.htm"><span class="l">Breaketh (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Chronicles 14:3 and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places,<br> and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the <b>shrines</b>, (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/breaketh.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cutteth.htm"><span class="l">Cutteth (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). 2 Kings 23:14 And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth<br> down the <b>shrines</b>, and filleth their place with bones of men; (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cutteth.htm - 18k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Demetrius-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Demetrius in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Kingdom-of-Jerusalem.html">What was the Kingdom of Jerusalem? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Alexander-the-coppersmith.html">Who was Alexander the coppersmith in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Shrines (40 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-23.htm">Acts 17:23</a></span><br />for, passing through and beholding your <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing him, him I announce to you.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24</a></span><br />The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24</a></span><br />For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Exodus 34:13</a></span><br />for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> ye cut down;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a></span><br />But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a></span><br />and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/3-7.htm">Judges 3:7</a></span><br />and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a></span><br />He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">1 Kings 13:32</a></span><br />For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15</a></span><br />And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, provoking Jehovah to anger;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></span><br />And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, on every high height, and under every green tree;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10</a></span><br />and set up for them standing-pillars and <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> on every high height, and under every green tree,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">2 Kings 17:29</a></span><br />However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32</a></span><br />So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">2 Kings 23:8</a></span><br />He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm">2 Kings 23:14</a></span><br />And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and filleth their place with bones of men;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/23-19.htm">2 Kings 23:19</a></span><br />All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-3.htm">2 Chronicles 14:3</a></span><br />and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm">2 Chronicles 17:6</a></span><br />and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> out of Judah.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm">2 Chronicles 19:3</a></span><br />but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">2 Chronicles 24:18</a></span><br />and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a></span><br />And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3</a></span><br />and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19</a></span><br />and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3</a></span><br />And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and the graven images, and the molten images.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4</a></span><br />And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that 'are' on high above them he hath cut down, and the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-7.htm">2 Chronicles 34:7</a></span><br />And he breaketh down the altars and the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/36-14.htm">Job 36:14</a></span><br />They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Isaiah 17:8</a></span><br />And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> and the images.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Isaiah 27:9</a></span><br />Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this 'is' all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- <span class="boldtext">shrines</span> and images.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Jeremiah 17:2</a></span><br />As their sons remember their altars and their <span class="boldtext">shrines</span>, By the green tree, by the high hills.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Ezekiel 16:16</a></span><br />You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Ezekiel 16:25</a></span><br />You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Ezekiel 16:31</a></span><br />in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Ezekiel 16:39</a></span><br />I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Ezekiel 18:6</a></span><br />and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-11.htm">Ezekiel 18:11</a></span><br />and who does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-15.htm">Ezekiel 18:15</a></span><br />who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Ezekiel 22:9</a></span><br />Slanderous men have been in you to shed 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