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17 Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;
    every founder is humiliated by the graven image,
for his molded image is falsehood,
    and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors;
    in the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like them,
    for He is the former of all things,
and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.
    The Lord of Hosts is His name.

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17 All humankind turns out to be stupid,
    without knowledge.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
    by the divine image.
For his cast image is a lie,
    and there is no breath in them.
18 They are worthless,
    a work of mockery.
At the time of their punishment,
    they will perish.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the creator of everything,[a]
    and the tribe of his inheritance.
Yahweh of hosts is his name.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:19 Literally “the all”