Letter of Jeremiah 39-41

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁹ These things that are made of wood and overlaid with gold and silver are like stones from the mountain, and those who serve them will be put to shame. ⁴⁰ Why then must anyone think that they are gods, or call them gods?

The Foolishness of Worshipping Idols

Besides, even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them; for when they see someone who cannot speak, they bring Bel and pray that the mute may speak, as though Bel^[a] were able to understand! ⁴¹ Yet they themselves cannot perceive this and abandon them, for they have no sense.