67
they cannot show signs in the heavens for the nations, or shine like the sun or give light like the moon.
68
The wild animals are better than they are, for they can flee to shelter and help themselves.
69
So we have no evidence whatever that they are gods; therefore do not fear them.
70
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, which guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver.
71
In the same way, their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver, are like a thornbush in a garden on which every bird perches; or like a corpse thrown out in the darkness.
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