^32 (A)“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ^(B)‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, ^(C)and worship wood and stone.’

⁵ And ^(A)the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^(B)For I know the things that come into your mind.

^17 (A)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^(B)the queen of heaven ^(C)and pour out drink offerings to her, ^(D)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.

²⁰ The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(A)did not repent of ^(B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping ^(C)demons ^(D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

⁴ They drank wine and ^(A)praised the ^(B)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

²⁸ And ^(A)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, ^(B)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

^2 (A)Do not be conformed to this world,^[a] but be transformed by ^(B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^(C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.^[b]

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^(A)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme