19 O Lord, my (A)strength and my stronghold,
And my (B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (D)falsehood,
Futility and [a](E)things of no profit.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them

18 “What (A)profit is the [a]idol when its maker has carved it,
Or [b]an image, a (B)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker (C)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:18 Or a graven image
  2. Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a cast metal image