[An Admonition Instructing Men to Avoid the Abominable Sin of Idolatry.]
XI. You are also forbidden to swear by them, or to utter their abominable names through your mouth, and to worship them, or fear them as gods; for they are not gods, but either wicked demons or the ridiculous contrivances of men. For somewhere God says concerning the Israelites: “They have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods.” 72 Jer. v. 7. Jer. v. 7. And afterwards: “I will take away the names of your idols out of their mouth.” 73 Zech. xiii. 2. Zech. xiii. 2. And elsewhere: “They have provoked me to jealousy with them that are no gods; they have provoked me to anger with their idols.” 74 Deut. xxxii. 21 Deut. xxxii. 21 And in all the Scriptures these things are forbidden by the Lord God.
[11] Ἀπείρηται δὲ καὶ τὸ ὀμνύειν ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ διὰ στόματος αὐτῶν προφέρειν τὰ βδελυκτὰ ὀνόματα ἢ προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς ἢ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς ὡς θεούς: οὐ γὰρ εἰσὶν θεοί, ἀλλ' ἢ πονηροὶ δαίμονες ἢ μεμωκημένα ἔργα. Λέγει γάρ που ὁ Θεὸς περὶ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν: «Ἐγκατέλιπόν με καὶ ὤμνυον ἐν τοῖς οὐκ οὖσι θεοῖς.» Καὶ ἑξῆς: «Ἐξαρῶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν εἰδώλων ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῶν.» Καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ: «Αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ' οὐ θεοῖς, παρώργισάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν.» Καὶ ἐν πάσαις δὲ ταῖς γραφαῖς ἀπηγόρευται ταῦτα ὑπὸ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ.