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because he never came to know the God who shaped him, who breathed into him an active soul and a living spirit.
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He thinks of human life as just a game, a market where he can make a profit. He believes that he must make money however he can, even by evil ways.
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This man, who makes idols and fragile pots from the same clay, knows better than anyone else that he is sinning.
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But the most foolish of all people, showing less sense than babies, were the enemies who oppressed your people, O Lord.
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They thought that all their pagan idols were gods, even though idols cannot see with their eyes, cannot breathe through their nose, cannot hear with their ears, cannot feel with their fingers, and cannot walk on their legs.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.