Letter of Jeremiah 16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Their eyes are full of dust from the feet of visitors. ¹⁷ Even as the courtyards are locked up on every side when one is sentenced to death for doing wrong against a king, so the priests secure their temples with doors, bolts, and bars from robbers and thieves. ¹⁸ The priests light more lamps for the idols than for themselves, but their gods can’t see them.