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"For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe."
The weeping prophet's warnings to Judah before the Babylonian exile.
Old Testament • Book #24
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, house of Israel!
Jeremiah 10:2Thus says the Lord, "Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be dismayed at the signs of the...
Jeremiah 10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move...
Jeremiah 10:5They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and do not speak: they must be carried, because they can'...
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