Letter of Jeremiah 6-8

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⁶ For my angel is with you, and he is watching over your lives.^(A)

The Helplessness of Idols

⁷ Their tongues are smoothed by the carpenter, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and silver, but they are false and cannot speak.^{(B) 8} People^[a] take gold and make crowns for the heads of their gods, as they might for a young woman who loves ornaments.