But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
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The verse 8 is found in chapter 10 of Jeremiah. Jeremiah contrasts idols with Yahweh. The former must be made, decorated, and carried; God, by contrast, is the true, living, and eternal God, creator of the earth. The satirical description dismantles the claim that human religious objects can control destiny.
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Sie sind allzumal Narren und Toren; denn ein Holz muß ja ein nichtiger Gottesdienst sein.
Y todos se infatuarán, y entontecerán. Enseñanza de vanidades es el mismo leño.
Tous ensemble, ils sont stupides et insensés; Leur science n'est que vanité, c'est du bois!
E tutti insieme sono insensati, e pazzi; il legno è un ammaestramento di vanità.
Mas eles todos se embruteceram e tornaram-se loucos; ensino de vaidade é o madeiro.
他們如同畜牲,盡都愚昧。 偶像的訓誨算甚麼呢? 偶像不過是木頭,
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