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Jonah 2:8

New Century Version

“People who worship useless idols give up their loyalty to you.

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They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

Look around me and see. No one cares about me. I have no place of safety; no one cares if I live.

I hate those who worship false gods. I trust only in the Lord.

Pull me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Save me from those who hate me and from the deep water.

Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

“My people have done two evils: They have turned away from me, the spring of living water. And they have dug their own wells, which are broken wells that cannot hold water.

Hear this, all you nations; listen, earth and all you who live on it. The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord from his Holy Temple.

Idols are of no use, so don’t worship them. They can’t help you or save you. They are useless!




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