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Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold and wood, which people carry on their shoulders, and which cause the heathen to fear.
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So beware of becoming at all like the foreigners or of letting fear for these gods possess you
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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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