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Jeremiah 51:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

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That same night I will pass through Egypt and kill the firstborn son in every family and the firstborn male of all animals. I am the LORD, and I will punish the gods of Egypt.

This is a message about Egypt: The LORD comes to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The people are weak from fear. Their idols tremble as he approaches and says,

Idols will be gone for good.

The gods Bel and Nebo are down on their knees, as wooden images of them are carried away on weary animals.

You think you're so good, but I'll point out the truth.

You told me to say that idols did not create the heavens and the earth, and that you, the LORD, will destroy every idol.

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

But you, my people, have turned from me to burn incense to worthless idols. You have left the ancient road to follow an unknown path where you stumble over idols.

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. Soon I will punish the god Amon of Thebes and the other Egyptian gods, the Egyptian kings, the people of Egypt, and everyone who trusts in the Egyptian power.

You thought you could be saved by your power and wealth, but you will be captured along with your god Chemosh, his priests, and officials.

Every town in Israel will be destroyed to make sure that each shrine, idol, and altar is smashed—everything the Israelites made will be a pile of ruins.

All who worship worthless idols turn from the God who offers them mercy.

I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.

Why are you doing this? We are humans just like you. Please give up all this foolishness. Turn to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.




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