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when you see the multitude before and behind them worshiping them. But say in your heart, "It is you, O Lord, whom we must worship."
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For my angel is with you, and he is watching over your lives.
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Their tongues are smoothed by the carpenter, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and silver; but they are false and cannot speak.
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People take gold and make crowns for the heads of their gods, as they might for a girl who loves ornaments.
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Sometimes the priests secretly take gold and silver from their gods and spend it on themselves,
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or even give some of it to the prostitutes on the terrace. They deck their gods out with garments like human beings—these gods of silver and gold and wood
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that cannot save themselves from rust and corrosion. When they have been dressed in purple robes,
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their faces are wiped because of the dust from the temple, which is thick upon them.
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One of them holds a scepter, like a district judge, but is unable to destroy anyone who offends it.
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Another has a dagger in its right hand, and an ax, but cannot defend itself from war and robbers.
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From this it is evident that they are not gods; so do not fear them.