Verse 5
Baruch 6:5
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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Beware therefore that ye in no wise become like unto the strangers, neither let fear take hold upon you because of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them, worshipping them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֞ה בִּ/מְשֹׁ֣ךְ בְּ/קֶ֣רֶן הַ/יּוֹבֵ֗ל ב/שמע/כם כְּ/שָׁמְעֲ/כֶם֙ אֶת ק֣וֹל הַ/שּׁוֹפָ֔ר יָרִ֥יעוּ כָל הָ/עָ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וְ/נָ֨פְלָ֜ה חוֹמַ֤ת הָ/עִיר֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔י/הָ וְ/עָל֥וּ הָ/עָ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ נֶגְדּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And it shall be, when you hear the sound of the horn of the jubilee, all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up, each man straight before him.
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Chapter 6 Context
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A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the...
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Because of the sins which ye have committed before God (Elohim), ye shall be led away captives unto...
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So when ye come unto Babylon, ye shall remain there many years, and for a long season, even for seve...
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But now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon shoulders, whic...
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Beware therefore that ye in no wise become like unto the strangers, neither let fear take hold upon...
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But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship thee.
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For mine angel is with you, and I myself do care for your souls.
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For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with sil...
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And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of th...
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and sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves...
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and will even give thereof to the common harlots: and they deck them as men with garments, even the...
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Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moths, though they be covered with purple raimen...
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They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, which is thick upon them.
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And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth against him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were...
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He hath also a dagger in his right hand, and an axe: but cannot deliver himself from war and robbers...
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Whereby they are known not to be gods: therefore fear them not.
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For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their g...
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And as the courts are made sure on every side upon him that offendeth the king, as being committed t...
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They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.
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They are as one of the beams of the temple; and men say their hearts are eaten out, when things cree...
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when their faces are blacked through the smoke that cometh out of the temple:
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upon their bodies and heads alight bats, swallows, and birds; and in like manner the cats also.
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Whereby ye may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.
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Notwithstanding the gold wherewith they are beset to make them beautiful, except one wipe off the ru...
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Things wherein there is no breath are bought at any cost.
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Having no feet, they are borne upon shoulders, whereby they declare unto men that they be nothing wo...
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They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise...
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And the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell and spend; and in like manner their...
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The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices: knowing therefore by these th...
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For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
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And in their temples the priests sit on seats, having their clothes rent, and their heads and beards...
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They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
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The priests also take off garments from them, and clothe their wives and children withal.
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Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can n...
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In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow unto them, and keep...
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They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.
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They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor deliver any that is in distress.
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They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
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They are like the stones that be hewn out of the mountain, these gods of wood, and that are overla...
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How should a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour...
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Who if they shall see one dumb that cannot speak, they bring him, and intreat him to call upon Bel,...
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Yet they cannot perceive this themselves, and forsake them: for they have no understanding.
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The women also with cords about them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense: but if any of them,...
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Whatsoever is done among them is false: how should a man then think or say that they are gods?
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They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have...
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And they themselves that fashioned them can never continue long; how then should the things that are...
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For they have left lies and reproaches to them that come after.
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For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they m...
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How then cannot men understand that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor...
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For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, it shall be known hereafter...
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and it shall be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hand...
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Who then may not know that they are no gods?
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For neither can they set up a king in a land, nor give rain unto men.
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Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows bet...
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For even when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or overlaid with gold or with silver, the...
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Moreover they cannot withstand any king or enemies: how should a man then allow or think that they b...
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Neither are those gods of wood, and overlaid with silver or with gold, able to escape either from th...
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Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong will take from...
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Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his manhood, or else a vessel in a house profitable...
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For sun, and moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
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Likewise also the lightning when it glittereth is fair to see; and after the same manner the wind al...
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And when God (Elohim) commandeth the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are bidden.
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And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are...
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Wherefore a man should neither think nor say that they are gods, seeing they are able neither to jud...
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Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not.
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For they can neither curse nor bless kings:
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neither can they shew signs in the heavens among the nations, nor shine as the sun, nor give light a...
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The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a covert, and help themselves.
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In no wise then is it manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
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For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and ove...
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Likewise also their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, are like to a white thorn...
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And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon them: And they themselve...
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Better therefore is the just man that hath none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.
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