Epistle of Jeremy 1:12

12 Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.

Epistle of Jeremy 1:12 In-Context

10 Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.

11 Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.

12 Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.

13 They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.

14 And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a scepter, as though he were a judge of the country.