Letter of Jeremiah 41-43

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⁴¹ And the women, with cords around them, sit along the passageways, burning bran for incense.^{(A) 42} When one of them is led off by one of the passers-by and is taken to bed by him, she derides the woman next to her because she was not as attractive as herself and her cord was not broken. ⁴³ Whatever is done for these idols^[a] is false. Why then must anyone think that they are gods or call them gods?