Letter of Jeremiah 6:8-15
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8 As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
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9 And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
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10 Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
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11 Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, [being] gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
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12 Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.
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13 They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
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14 And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country.
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15 He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an ax: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.