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Baruch 6:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Those who serve them are also ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again by themselves. If they are bowed down, they can’t make themselves straight; but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men. "
Baruch 6:27
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25 Things in which there is no breath are bought at any cost.
26 Having no feet, they are carried upon shoulders. By this, they declare to men that they are worth nothing.
27 Those who serve them are also ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again by themselves. If they are bowed down, they can’t make themselves straight; but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men.
28 And the things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and spend. In like manner, their wives also lay up part of it in salt; but to the poor and to the impotent they give none of it.
29 The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices, knowing therefore by these things that they are no gods. Don’t fear them.
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Baruch 6:1
"A copy of a letter that Jeremy sent to those who were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to give them the message that God commanded him."
Baruch 6:2
"Because of the sins which you have committed before God, you will be led away captives to Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians."
Baruch 6:3
"So when you come to Babylon, you will remain there many years, and for a long season, even for seven generations. After that, I will bring you out peacefully from there."
Baruch 6:4
"But now you will see in Babylon gods of silver, gold, and wood carried on shoulders, which cause the nations to fear."
Baruch 6:5
"Beware therefore that you in no way become like these foreigners. Don’t let fear take hold of you because of them when you see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them."
Baruch 6:6
"But say in your hearts, “O Lord, we must worship you.”"
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