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Baruch 6:50 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false. "
Baruch 6:50
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48 For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
49 How then can’t men understand that they are no gods, which can’t save themselves from war or from plague?
50 For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false.
51 It will be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
52 Who then may not know that they are not gods?
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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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