Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version For they cannot set up a king over a country or give rain to people. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression: because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth. Baruch 6:51Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. Baruch 6:54 For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams. Baruch 6:55 And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted, that they are gods? Context Baruch 6…52They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. 53They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression: because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth. 54For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams.… Cross References Baruch 6:51 Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. Baruch 6:54 For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams. Baruch 6:55 And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted, that they are gods? |
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