Letter of Jeremiah 9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ Sometimes the priests secretly take away the gold and silver from their gods to spend on themselves and give to prostitutes in the brothels. ¹⁰ The Gentiles dress these gods of silver, gold, and wood with clothing just like people. But these idols can’t be rescued from rust and rotting.^{[a] 11} Even though the idols are dressed in rich purple clothing, the Gentiles have to wipe off the idols’ faces because of the dust in the temple that thickly covers them.