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How can they ever be called gods, when women are allowed to make offerings to these things made of wood, silver, and gold?
31
The priests even sit in the temples when they are in mourning, with torn clothes and shaved, uncovered heads.
32
The priests roar and shout in the presence of their gods as if they were taking part in a funeral feast.
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They take the clothing off their gods and give it to their wives and children.
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It doesn't matter whether a person helps or harms these gods, since they cannot pay him back. They are not able to make anyone a king or to dethrone him,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.