18 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
    at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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15 “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? We also are men, (B)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that (C)you should turn from these (D)vain things to (E)a living God, (F)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

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11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
    (A)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (B)to him shall bow down,
    each in its place,
    all (C)the lands of the nations.

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

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“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
    set up a banner and proclaim,
    conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
    (B)Bel is put to shame,
    Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
    her idols are dismayed.’

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For, (A)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and (B)Chemosh (C)shall go into exile
    with (D)his priests and his officials.

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25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon (A)Amon of (B)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt (C)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

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12 (A)I shall kindle a fire (B)in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them (C)and carry them away captive. (D)And he shall clean the land of Egypt (E)as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace. 13 He shall break the (F)obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, (G)and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’”

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15 (A)But my people have forgotten me;
    they make offerings to (B)false gods;
they made them stumble in their ways,
    (C)in the ancient roads,
and to walk into side roads,
    (D)not the highway,

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15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
    at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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

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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

46 (A)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
    their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
    as burdens on weary beasts.

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An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.

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12 For (A)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on (B)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: (C)I am the Lord.

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