Jeremiah 51:18 - Easy To Read Version18 Those idols are worthless.\par People made those idols,\par and they are nothing but a joke.\par Their time of judgment will come,\par and those idols will be destroyed.\par Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 They are worthless (emptiness, falsity, futility), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; in the time of their inspection and punishment they shall [helplessly] perish. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible18 They are a delusion, a charade; at the appointed time they will be ruined! Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version18 They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version18 They are vain works and worthy to be laughed at: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Féach an chaibidil |
But my people have forgotten about me.\par They make offerings to worthless idols.\par My people stumble in the things they do.\par They stumble about in the old paths\par of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [153]} \par My people would rather walk\par along back roads and poor highways,\par than to follow me on the good roads.\par
“Announce this to all nations!\par Lift up a flag and announce the message!\par Speak the whole message and say,\par ‘The nation of Babylon will be captured.\par The god Bel {\cf2\super [407]} will be put to shame.\par The god Marduk {\cf2\super [408]} will be very afraid.\par Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.\par Her idol gods will be filled with terror.’\par
Bad things will happen wherever your people live. Their cities will become piles of rock. Their high places will be destroyed. Why? So that those places of worship will never be used again. Those altars will all be destroyed. People will never worship those filthy idols again. Those incense altars will be smashed. All the things you made will be completely destroyed!
“Men, why are you doing these things? We are not gods! We have the same feelings as you have! We came to tell you the Good News. {\cf2\super [290]} We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.