Letter of Jeremiah

Letter of Jeremiah 1:27

διὰ τὸ εἴ ποτε ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν πέσῃ, μὴ δι’ αὐτῶν ἀνίστασθαι· μήτε ἐάν τις αὐτὸ ὀρθὸν στήσῃ, δι’ ἑαυτοῦ κινηθήσεται, μήτε ἐὰν κλιθῇ, οὐ μὴ ὀρθωθῇ, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ νεκροῖς τὰ δῶρα αὐτοῖς παρατίθεται.
King James Version (KJV)

They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.

Modern English

Even those who serve them are put to shame: if the idols fall over, they cannot get up by themselves; if someone props them upright, they cannot move on their own; if they are tipped over, they cannot straighten themselves; people just leave offerings before them as if they were corpses.

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