Verse 24
Baruch 6:24
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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Notwithstanding the gold wherewith they are beset to make them beautiful, except one wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for not even when they were molten did they feel it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/עִ֛יר שָׂרְפ֥וּ בָ/אֵ֖שׁ וְ/כָל אֲשֶׁר בָּ֑/הּ רַ֣ק הַ/כֶּ֣סֶף וְ/הַ/זָּהָ֗ב וּ/כְלֵ֤י הַ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ וְ/הַ/בַּרְזֶ֔ל נָתְנ֖וּ אוֹצַ֥ר בֵּית יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And the city they burned with fire, and all that was in it; only the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and iron they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
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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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