Fondare 333 Risultati per: foreign gods
Be on your guard! Do not imitate the foreigners, do not have any fear of their gods (Baruch 6, 4)
As though for a girl fond of finery, these people take gold and make crowns for the heads of their gods. (Baruch 6, 8)
And sometimes, the priests filch gold and silver from their gods to spend on themselves, even giving some of it to the prostitutes on the terrace. (Baruch 6, 9)
They dress up these gods of silver, gold and wood, in clothes, like human beings; on their own they cannot protect themselves from either tarnish or woodworm; (Baruch 6, 10)
From this it is evident that they are not gods; do not be afraid of them. (Baruch 6, 14)
'Just as a pot in common use becomes useless once it is broken, so are these gods enshrined inside their temples. (Baruch 6, 15)
Just as the doors are locked on all sides on someone who has offended a king and is under sentence of death, so the priests secure the temples of these gods with gates and bolts and bars for fear of burglary. (Baruch 6, 17)
They light more lamps for them than they do for themselves, and the gods see none of them. (Baruch 6, 18)
From this, you can see for yourselves that they are not gods; do not be afraid of them. (Baruch 6, 22)
'The gold with which they are parading their futility before the world is supposed to make them look beautiful, but if someone does not rub off the tarnish, these gods will not be shining much on their own, and even while they were being cast, they felt nothing. (Baruch 6, 23)
From all this you can tell that they are not gods; do not be afraid of them. (Baruch 6, 28)
'Indeed, how can they even be called gods, when women do the offering to these gods of silver, gold and wood? (Baruch 6, 29)