Letter of Jeremiah 1:57
“Neither are those gods of wood, and layd ouer with siluer or gold able to escape either from theeues or robbers.”
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Letter of Jeremiah 1:57 Context
55Whereupon when fire falleth vpon the house of gods of wood, or layd ouer with gold or siluer, their priests will fly away, & escape: but they themselues shall be burnt asunder like beames. 56Moreouer they cannot withstand any king or enemies: how can it then be thought or said that they be gods? 57Neither are those gods of wood, and layd ouer with siluer or gold able to escape either from theeues or robbers. 58Whose gold, and siluer, and garments wherwith they are clothed, they that are strong doe take, and goe away withall: neither are they able to helpe themselues. 59Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessell in an house, which the owner shall haue vse of, then such false gods: or to be a doore in an house to keepe such things safe as be therein, then such false gods: or a pillar of wood in a palace, then such false gods.
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Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
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