Letter of Jeremiah 27-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁷ 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. ²⁸ The priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods^[b] and use the money themselves. Likewise their wives preserve some of the meat^[c] with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless. ²⁹ Sacrifices to them may even be touched by women in their periods or at childbirth. Since you know by these things that they are not gods, do not fear them.