Psalms 115:2-8
2 Why should the nations say,a“Where is their God?”
3 bOur God is in the heavens;
che does all that he pleases.
4 dTheir idols are silver and gold,
ethe work of human hands.
5They have mouths, fbut do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 gThose who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
Psalms 135:5-6
5 For I know that hthe Lord is great,and that our Lord is above all gods.
6 iWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
Psalms 135:15-18
15 jThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,the work of human hands.
16They have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
3 kfor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ▼▼Or vapor, or mist
mA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 nThey decorate it with silver and gold;
othey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols ▼
▼Hebrew They
are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,and qthey cannot speak;
rthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
sfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:10-12
10 tBut the Lord is the true God;uhe is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
11Thus shall you say to them: v“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth wshall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” ▼
▼This verse is in Aramaic
12 yIt is he who zmade the earth by his power,
aawho established the world by his wisdom,
and abby his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Daniel 3:15
15Now if you are ready when acyou hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. ▼▼Aramaic lacks well and good
But if you do not worship, aeyou shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And afwho is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?” Habakkuk 2:19-20
19 agWoe to him ahwho says to a wooden thing, Awake;to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and aithere is no breath at all in it.
20But ajthe Lord is in his holy temple;
aklet all the earth keep silence before him.”
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