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19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the (A)work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have (B)destroyed them.

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Babylon’s Idols and the True God

46 (A)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are on the beasts and the cattle.
The things [a]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the load,
But [b]have themselves (B)gone into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:1 Lit carried by you
  2. Isaiah 46:2 Or their soul has

12 And [a]I shall set fire to the houses of the (A)gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will (B)wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13 He will also shatter the [b]sacred pillars of [c]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:12 Some ancient versions He will set
  2. Jeremiah 43:13 Or obelisks
  3. Jeremiah 43:13 The house of the sun-god; Heb Beth-shemesh