38 They can show no mercy to the widow, or do good to the fatherless. (WEB) 39 They are like the stones that are cut out of the mountain, these gods of wood that are overlaid with gold and with silver. Those who minister to them will be confounded. (WEB) 40 How could a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them? (WEB)
Baruch 6:38–40
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Baruch 6:55–57
55 For even when fire falls upon the house of gods of wood overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves will be burned apart like beams. (WEB) 56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then ad… (WEB)
Baruch 6:43–45
43 The women also with cords around them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense; but if any of them, drawn by someone who passes by, lies with him, she reproaches her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself and her cord wasn’t broken. (WEB) 44 Whatever is… (WEB)
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…
2 Kings 19:17–19
17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 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. 19 And now, O LORD our God, please save us from…
Baruch 6:26–28
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Baruch 6:66–68
66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings. (WEB) 67 They can’t show signs in the heavens among the nations, or shine as the sun, or give light as the moon. (WEB) 68 The beasts are better than they; for they can get under a covert, and help themselves. (WEB)
Baruch 6:50–52
50 For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false. (WEB) 51 It will be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them. (WEB) 52 Who then… (WEB)
Isaiah 42:16–18
16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. 17 But those who trust in idols… 18 …
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