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14 People are so stupid and know so little.
    Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols,
because those statues are only false gods.
    They have no breath in them.
15 They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.
    When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
16 But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols.
    He made everything,
and he chose Israel to be his special people.
    The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

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14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(B)
    they have no breath in them.
15 They are worthless,(C) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.
16 He who is the Portion(D) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,(E)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(F)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.(G)

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