Letter of Jeremiah 1:20
“They are as one of the beames of the temple, yet they say, their hearts are gnawed vpon by things creeping out of the earth, & when they eate them and their clothes, they feele it not.”
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Letter of Jeremiah 1:20 Context
18And as the doores are made sure on euery side, vpon him that offendeth the king, as being committed to suffer death: euen so the priests make fast their temples, with doores, with lockes and barres, lest their gods bee spoiled with robbers. 19They light them candles, yea, more then for themselues, whereof they cannot see one. 20They are as one of the beames of the temple, yet they say, their hearts are gnawed vpon by things creeping out of the earth, & when they eate them and their clothes, they feele it not. 21Their faces are blacked, thorow the smoke that comes out of the temple. 22Upon their bodies and heads, sit battes, swallowes, and birds, and the cats also.
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They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.
- King James Version
They are like one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they and their clothes are eaten, they feel nothing.
- World English Bible