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Jeremiah 51:18

Tree of Life Version

They are futile, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.

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“For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and strike down every firstborn, both men and animals, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Adonai.

The burden of Egypt: Behold, Adonai rides upon a swift cloud and comes to Egypt. Egypt’s idols tremble before Him and Egypt’s heart melts within them.

The idols will completely pass away.

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops over. Their idols are for beasts and cattle. The things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.

I will expose your ‘righteousness’, and your deeds—they will not profit you.

Thus you will say to them: “The gods—which did not make the heavens and the earth—will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

Everyone is stupid, ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idol! His molten image is a fraud. There is no breath in them.

They are futile, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

They are totally stupid and foolish. Discipline is useless—it’s wood!

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to a delusion and stumble in their ways— off the ancient paths— to walk on side-tracks, rather than a built-up highway.

Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, Pharaoh, Egypt, with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him.

For because of your trust in your works and your treasures, you will be captured, too. Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and princes.

“Declare it among the nations and proclaim! Raise a banner, announce, hide nothing! Say: ‘Babylon will be captured, Bel put to shame, Merodach dismayed, her images disgraced, her idols shattered!’

In all your dwellings the cities will be desolate. The high places will be deserted. Your altars will be laid waste and made desolate, your idols broken and destroyed, your sun pillars cut down and your works blotted out.

As my soul was fading from me, I remembered Adonai and my prayer came to You, toward Your holy Temple.

Adonai will be fearsome against them. For all the gods of the earth He will make waste away. To Him will bow, each from its place, the islands of the nations.

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are human, just like you! We proclaim the Good News to you, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.




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