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Letter of Jeremiah 42-44
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Letter of Jeremiah 42-44
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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?
44 They are made by carpenters and goldsmiths; they can be nothing but what the artisans wish them to be.(A)
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