Letter of Jeremiah 12
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One idol has a royal staff, like a person who is a regional judge, but the idol can’t destroy the person who offends it.
that cannot save themselves from rust and corrosion. When they have been dressed in purple robes,
their faces are wiped because of the dust from the temple, which is thick upon them.
which cannot save themselves from rust and corrosion. When they have been dressed in purple robes,
But those [or these] gods be not delivered from rust and moths. Forsooth when they be covered with a cloth (or a cloak) of purple,
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