56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then admit or think that they are gods? (WEB) 57 Those gods of wood overlaid with silver or with gold aren’t able to escape from thieves or robbers. (WEB) 58 The gold, silver, and garments with which they are clothed—those who are strong will take from them, and go away with them. They won’t be able to help themselves. (WEB)
Baruch 6:56–58
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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)
Baruch 6:35–37
35 In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money. Though a man make a vow to them and doesn’t keep it, they will never exact it. (WEB) 36 They can save no man from death. They can’t deliver the weak from the mighty. (WEB) 37 They can’t restore a blind man to his sight, or… (WEB)
Baruch 6:45–47
45 They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths. They can be nothing else than what the workmen make them to be. (WEB) 46 And they themselves who fashioned them can never continue long. How then should the things that are fashioned by them? (WEB) 47 For they have left lies and r… (WEB)
Isaiah 37:18–20
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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 6:71–73
71 Likewise also their gods of wood overlaid with gold and with silver are like a white thorn in an orchard that every bird sits upon. They are also like a dead body that is thrown out into the dark. (WEB) 72 You will know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rots… (WEB)
Baruch 6:22–24
22 Bats, swallows, and birds land on their bodies and heads. So do the cats. (WEB) 23 By this you may know that they are no gods. Therefore don’t fear them. (WEB) 24 Notwithstanding the gold with which they are covered to make them beautiful, unless someone wipes off the tarnish, t… (WEB)
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