Letter of Jeremiah 54-56

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⁵⁴ They cannot judge their own cause or deliver one who is wronged, for they have no power; they are like crows between heaven and earth. ⁵⁵ When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods^[a] will be burnt in two like beams. ⁵⁶ Besides, they can offer no resistance to a king or any enemies. Why then must any one admit or think that they are gods?