48 For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them. (WEB) 49 How then can’t men understand that they are no gods, which can’t save themselves from war or from plague? (WEB) 50 For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false. (WEB)
Baruch 6:48–50
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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)
Baruch 6:15–17
15 He has also a dagger in his right hand, and an axe, but can’t deliver himself from war and robbers. (WEB) 16 By this they are known not to be gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 17 For like a vessel that a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, even so it is with their… (WEB)
Baruch 6:39–41
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 d… (WEB)
Baruch 6:63–65
63 And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods does as it is commanded; but these are to be compared to them neither in show nor power. (WEB) 64 Therefore a man shouldn’t think or say that they are gods, seeing they aren’t able to judge causes or to do goo… (WEB)
Baruch 6:11–13
11 They will even give some of it to the common prostitutes. They dress them like men with garments, even the gods of silver, gods of gold, and gods of wood. (WEB) 12 Yet these gods can’t save themselves from rust and moths, even though they are covered with purple garmen… (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:4–6
4 A fire has been sent upon you, and who is there to quench it? (WEB) 5 Calamities are sent upon you, and who is there to drive them away? (WEB) 6 Can one drive away a hungry lion in the forest? Can one quench a fire in stubble, once it has begun to burn? (WEB)
Baruch 6:29–31
29 The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices, knowing therefore by these things that they are no gods. Don’t fear them. (WEB) 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 temp… (WEB)
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