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Whence therefore is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them?
52
They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men.
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They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression; because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth.
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For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams.
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And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted that they are gods?