Letter of Jeremiah 1:12

Letter of Jeremiah 1:12 Context

⁹And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods. ¹⁰Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves. ¹¹Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, being gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood. ¹²Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment. ¹³They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them. ¹⁴And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country. ¹⁵He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an ax: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.

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