Letter of Jeremiah 1:47

Letter of Jeremiah 1:47 Context

⁴⁴Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods? ⁴⁵They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be. ⁴⁶And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods? ⁴⁷For they left lies and reproaches to them that come after. ⁴⁸For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them. ⁴⁹How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague? ⁵⁰For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:

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