Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold. Baruch 6:67Beasts are better than they, which can fly under a covert, and help themselves. Baruch 6:68 Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not. Baruch 6:70 They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark. Baruch 6:71 By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country. Context Baruch 6…68Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not. 69For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold. 70They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark.… Cross References Baruch 6:67 Beasts are better than they, which can fly under a covert, and help themselves. Baruch 6:68 Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not. Baruch 6:70 They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark. Baruch 6:71 By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country. |
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