17 They sacrificed(A) to false gods,(B) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(C)
    gods that recently appeared,(D)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.

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17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

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39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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21 Do not turn away after useless(A) idols.(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

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18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods(A) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(B)

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18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

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25 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;(A)
    he is to be feared(B) above all gods.(C)
26 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.(D)

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25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

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19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(A)

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19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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33 Josiah removed all the detestable(A) idols from all the territory belonging to the Israelites, and he had all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. As long as he lived, they did not fail to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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For all the gods of the nations are idols,(A)
    but the Lord made the heavens.(B)

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For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

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28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(A)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

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28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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15 The idols of the nations(A) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath(D) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

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29 See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;(A)
    their images(B) are but wind(C) and confusion.

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29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

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“Therefore I bring charges(A) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(B) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](C) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods(D) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(E) God
    for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(F) me,
    the spring of living water,(G)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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