Letter of Jeremiah 1:70

Letter of Jeremiah 1:70 Context

⁶⁷Neither can they shew signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon. ⁶⁸The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves. ⁶⁹It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not. ⁷⁰For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold. ⁷¹And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark. ⁷²And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon them: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a reproach in the country. ⁷³Better therefore is the just man that hath none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.

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