Letter of Jeremiah 6:49

49 How then can one fail to see that these are not gods, for they cannot save themselves from war or calamity?

Letter of Jeremiah 6:49 In-Context

47 how then can the things that are made by them be gods? They have left only lies and reproach for those who come after.
48 For when war or calamity comes upon them, the priests consult together as to where they can hide themselves and their gods.
49 How then can one fail to see that these are not gods, for they cannot save themselves from war or calamity?
50 Since they are made of wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will afterward be known that they are false.
51 It will be manifest to all the nations and kings that they are not gods but the work of human hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
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