Letter of Jeremiah 44-46

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁴ Whatever is done for these idols^[a] is false. Why then must anyone think that they are gods, or call them gods?

⁴⁵ They are made by carpenters and goldsmiths; they can be nothing but what the artisans wish them to be. ⁴⁶ Those who make them will certainly not live very long themselves;