18 (A)“What profit is an idol
    when its maker has shaped it,
    a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
    when he makes (C)speechless idols!

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18 “Of what value(A) is an idol(B) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.(D)

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(A)They are both (B)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!

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They are all senseless(A) and foolish;(B)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(C)

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You know that (A)when you were pagans (B)you were led astray to (C)mute idols, however you were led.

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You know that when you were pagans,(A) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(B)

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For (A)the household gods (B)utter nonsense,
    and the diviners see lies;
(C)they tell false dreams
    and give empty consolation.
Therefore (D)the people wander like sheep;
    they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

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The idols(A) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(B) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(C) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(D)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(E)

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The Folly of Idolatry

(A)All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 (B)Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?

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All who make idols(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(E)
    which can profit nothing?(F)

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27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
    and not their face.
But (A)in the time of their trouble they say,
    ‘Arise and save us!’
28 But (B)where are your gods
    that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, (C)if they can save you,
    in your time of trouble;
for (D)as many as your cities
    are your gods, O Judah.

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27 They say to wood,(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(B) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(C) to me
    and not their faces;(D)
yet when they are in trouble,(E) they say,
    ‘Come and save(F) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(G) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!(H)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.(I)

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17 (A)They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
    who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
    “You are our gods.”

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17 But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(A)
    will be turned back in utter shame.(B)

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16 (A)All of them are put to shame and confounded;
    the makers of idols go in confusion together.

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16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(A)
    they will go off into disgrace together.

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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

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15 The idols of the nations(A) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath(D) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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(A)Their idols are silver and gold,
    (B)the work of human hands.
They have mouths, (C)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.
(D)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

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But their idols are silver and gold,(A)
    made by human hands.(B)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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(A)Those who pay regard to vain idols
    (B)forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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“Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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20 And the beast was captured, and with it (A)the false prophet (B)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (C)worshiped its image. These two were (D)thrown alive into the lake of (E)fire that burns with sulfur.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(A) who had performed the signs(B) on its behalf.(C) With these signs he had deluded(D) those who had received the mark of the beast(E) and worshiped its image.(F) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(G) of burning sulfur.(H)

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The Second Beast

11 Then (A)I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,[a] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, (B)whose mortal wound was healed. 13 (C)It performs great signs, even (D)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[b] the beast (E)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (F)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (G)worship the image of the beast (H)to be slain.

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  1. Revelation 13:12 Or on its behalf
  2. Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(A) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(B) 12 It exercised all the authority(C) of the first beast on its behalf,(D) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,(E) whose fatal wound had been healed.(F) 13 And it performed great signs,(G) even causing fire to come down from heaven(H) to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs(I) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(J) the inhabitants of the earth.(K) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(L) 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(M) the image to be killed.(N)

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