Now you have run away. You longed to go back to your father’s home. But why did you have to steal the statues of my gods?”

现在你虽然想你父家，不得不去，为什么又偷了我的神像呢？”

现在你既然这么想念你的父家，不得不去，为什么又偷了我的神明呢？”

现在你既然这么想念你的父家，不得不去，为什么又偷了我的神明呢？”

你思家心切，一定要走，但你为什么要偷走我的神像呢？”

现在你既然渴想你的父家，一定要回去，为什么又偷我的神像呢？”

现在，你因为切切思念你的父家，一定要走，但为什么偷了我的神像呢？”

現在你雖然想你父家，不得不去，為甚麼又偷了我的神像呢？」

現在你既然這麼想念你的父家，不得不去，為甚麼又偷了我的神明呢？」

現在你既然這麼想念你的父家，不得不去，為甚麼又偷了我的神明呢？」

你思家心切，一定要走，但你為什麼要偷走我的神像呢？」

現在你既然渴想你的父家，一定要回去，為甚麼又偷我的神像呢？”

現在你既渴想着你父親的家，急地要去，為甚麼又偷了我的神像呢？』

現在，你因為切切思念你的父家，一定要走，但為什麼偷了我的神像呢？」

今爾雖思父家、不得不歸、奚竊我之神像乎、

夫爾雖戀慕父家、欲歸甚急、奚竊我上帝像乎。

爾慕父家欲歸、姑以為可、但何為竊我神像乎、

Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”

And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father’s home. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family— but why have you stolen my gods?”

Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”

And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Now you have gone off because you long for your father— but why have you stolen my gods?”

And now,[ though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house,[ yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”

Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of the family gods that belonged to her father.

He replied,“ You took away the gods I made. And you took away my priest. What do I have left? So how can you ask,‘ What’s the matter with you?’ ”

The Lord speaks to the Jews living in Babylon. He says,“ Here is what you must tell the people of the nations. Tell them,‘ Your gods did not make the heavens and the earth. In fact, these gods will disappear from the earth. They will vanish from under the heavens.’ ”

The Philistines left the statues of their gods there. So David and his men carried off the statues.

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

They carried the ark into the temple of their god Dagon. They set it down beside the statue of Dagon.The people of Ashdod got up early the next day. They saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. So they picked up the statue of Dagon. They put it back in its place.But the following morning when they got up, they saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground again! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. Its head and hands had been broken off. Only the body of the statue was left. Its head and hands were lying in the doorway of the temple.That’s why to this day no one steps on the bottom part of the doorway of Dagon’s temple at Ashdod. Not even the priests of Dagon step there.The Lord’ s power was against the people of Ashdod and the settlements near it. He destroyed them. He made them suffer with growths in their bodies.

The Egyptians were burying all their oldest sons. The Lord had struck them down. He had done it when he punished their gods.

“ That same night I will pass through Egypt. I will strike down all those born first among the people and animals. And I will judge all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame. The statues of them are being carried away on the backs of animals. They used to be carried around by the people who worshiped them. But now they’ve become a heavy load for tired animals.The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame together. They aren’t able to save their own statues. They themselves are carried off as prisoners.

But Joash replied to the angry crowd around him. He asked,“ Are you going to stand up for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Those who stand up for him will be put to death by morning! Is Baal really a god? If he is, he can stand up for himself when someone tears down his altar.”

He will set the temples of the gods of Egypt on fire. He will burn down their temples. He will take away the statues of their gods. Nebuchadnezzar will be like a shepherd who picks his coat clean of lice. Nebuchadnezzar will pick Egypt clean and then depart.