Letter of Jeremiah 15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Just as a person’s utensil is useless after it’s broken, so are the Gentiles’ gods after they have been placed in their temples. ¹⁶ Their eyes are full of dust from the feet of visitors. ¹⁷ Even as the courtyards are locked up on every side when one is sentenced to death for doing wrong against a king, so the priests secure their temples with doors, bolts, and bars from robbers and thieves.