17 Every man is a beast by his own [a]knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

18 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their [b]visitation they shall perish.

19 The [c]portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his Name.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:17 Read Jer. 10:14.
  2. Jeremiah 51:18 When God shall execute his vengeance.
  3. Jeremiah 51:19 That is, the true God of Israel is not like to these idols: for he can help when all things are desperate.

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