Can manmakegodsfor himself? Yet they are not gods!
and have casttheir godsinto the fire,for they were not godsbut the workof men'shands,woodand stone.So they have destroyedthem.
Whereare the godsof Hamathand Arpad?Whereare the godsof Sepharvaim?And whenhave they deliveredSamariafrom my hand?
"Has a nationchangedgodsWhen they were not gods?But My peoplehave changedtheir gloryFor that which does not profit.
"Whyshould I pardonyou? Your sonshave forsakenMe And swornby those who are not gods.When I had fedthem to the full,They committedadulteryAnd troopedto the harlot'shouse.
Nebuchadnezzarthe kingmadean imageof gold,the heightof which [was] sixtycubits[and] its widthsixcubits;he setit up on the plainof Durain the provinceof Babylon.
"You seeand hearthat not onlyin Ephesus,but in almostallof Asia,thisPaulhas persuadedand turned awaya considerablenumber of people,sayingthat gods madewith handsare nogods[at all].
But evenifwe, oran angelfrom heaven,should preachto you a gospelcontraryto whatwe have preachedto you, he is to be accursed!
Howeverat that time,when you did not knowGod,you were slavesto thosewhich by natureare nogods.
