Letter of Jeremiah 24-26

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²⁴ They are bought without regard to cost, but there is no breath in them.^{(A) 25} Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humans their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame^{(B) 26} because, if any of these gods falls^[a] to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself, and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.^(C)