Letter of Jeremiah 1:56

Letter of Jeremiah 1:56 Context

⁵³For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men. ⁵⁴Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows between heaven and earth. ⁵⁵Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned asunder like beams. ⁵⁶Moreover 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 laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers. ⁵⁸Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong take, and go away withal: neither are they able to help themselves. ⁵⁹Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.

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