Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 16:20
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Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
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Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?
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Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”
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Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
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Jeremiah 16
18 And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
20 Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
21 “Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
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