Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version They light more lamps for them than they light for themselves, though their gods can see none of them. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it not. Baruch 6:17And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by thieves. Baruch 6:18 They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house. Baruch 6:20 Their faces are black with the smoke that is made in the house. Baruch 6:21 Owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats in like manner. Context Baruch 6…18They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house. 19And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it not. 20Their faces are black with the smoke that is made in the house.… Cross References Baruch 6:17 And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by thieves. Baruch 6:18 They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house. Baruch 6:20 Their faces are black with the smoke that is made in the house. Baruch 6:21 Owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats in like manner. |
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