Letter of Jeremiah 3
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3 Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold and wood that people carry on their shoulders and that cause the nations to fear.(A)
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Letter of Jeremiah 7
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The Helplessness of Idols
7 Their tongues are smoothed by the carpenter, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and silver, but they are false and cannot speak.(A)
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Isaiah 1:8
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8 And daughter Zion is left
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a shelter in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.(A)
Footnotes
- 10.5 Heb They
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