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Jeremiah 2:28

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Go cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

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and he asked Joram, "Why did you come to me? Go talk to the prophets of the foreign gods your parents worshiped." "No," Joram answered. "It was the LORD who led us out here, so that Moab's army could capture us."

to every survivor from every nation: "Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

They are down on their knees to rescue the heavy load, but the images are still taken to a foreign country.

They carry the idol on their shoulders, then put it on a stand, but it cannot move. They call out to the idol when they are in trouble, but it doesn't answer, and it cannot help.

Ask your idols to save you when you are in trouble. Be careful though-- it takes only a faint breath to blow them over. But if you come to me for protection, this land and my holy mountain will always belong to you.

I will punish my people, because they are guilty of turning from me to worship idols.

Then they will offer sacrifices to their other gods and ask them for help. After all, the people of Judah have more gods than towns, and more altars for Baal than there are streets in Jerusalem. But those gods won't be able to rescue the people of Judah from disaster.

My people, soon you will suffer worse than ever before, but I will save you.

Have you locked up the prophets who lied to you and said that the king of Babylonia would never attack Jerusalem?

You were a healthy vine covered with grapes. But the more grapes you grew, the more altars you built; the better off you became, the better shrines you set up for pagan gods.

What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, "Get up and do something!"

But first the LORD will say, "You ran for safety to other gods-- couldn't they help you?




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