30 For how can they be called gods? Because women set food before the gods of silver, gold, and wood. (WEB) 31 And in their temples the priests sit on seats, having their clothes torn and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing on their heads. (WEB) 32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead. (WEB)
Baruch 6:30–32
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Baruch 6:20–22
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Baruch 6:43–45
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Baruch 6:16–18
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Book of Jubilees 22:16–18
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Baruch 6:55–57
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Baruch 6:39–41
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Baruch 6:8–10
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Isaiah 37:18–20
18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. 19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. 20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from h…
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