Letter of Jeremiah 29
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29 For how can they be called gods? Women serve meals for gods of silver and gold and wood,(A)
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Letter of Jeremiah 31
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31 They howl and shout before their gods as some do at a funeral banquet.(A)
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1 Samuel 5:3
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3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.(A)
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1 Samuel 5:4
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4 But when they rose early on the next morning, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of[a] Dagon was left to him.(A)
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- 5.4 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb lacks the trunk of
Wisdom of Solomon 13:16
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16 He takes thought for it so that it may not fall,
because he knows that it cannot help itself,
for it is only an image and has need of help.(A)
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