Wisdom 14:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.

¹⁴ For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end.

¹⁵ For a father being afflicted with bitter grief, made to himself the image of his son who was quickly taken away: and him who then had died as a man, he began now to worship as a god, and appointed him rites and sacrifices among his servants.