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Psalm 115:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

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Taking the young bull that was turned over to them, they prepared it and called upon Baal from morning to noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answering. And they hopped around the altar they had prepared.

Noon passed and they remained in a prophetic state until the time for offering sacrifice. But there was no sound, no one answering, no one listening.

They gave their gods to the fire—they were not gods at all, but the work of human hands—wood and stone, they destroyed them.

They spoke of the God of Israel as though he were one of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, a work of human hands.

All who serve idols are put to shame, who glory in worthless things; all gods bow down before him.

They gave their gods to the fire —they were not gods at all, but the work of human hands— Wood and stone, they destroyed them.

They shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols; Who say to molten images, “You are our gods.”

Who would fashion a god or cast an idol, that is of no use?

He is chasing ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray; He cannot save himself, does not say, “This thing in my right hand—is it not a fraud?”

Those who fashion idols are all nothing; their precious works are of no avail. They are their witnesses: they see nothing, know nothing, and so they are put to shame.

when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

you have rebelled against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you, so that you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines, might drink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor have intelligence. But the God in whose hand is your very breath and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify.

An artisan made it, it is no god at all. The calf of Samaria will be dashed to pieces.

As you can now see and hear, not only in Ephesus but throughout most of the province of Asia this Paul has persuaded and misled a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

Finally the town clerk restrained the crowd and said, “You Ephesians, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from the sky?

There you shall serve gods that are works of human hands, of wood and stone, gods which can neither see nor hear, neither eat nor smell.




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