Jeremiah 51:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

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  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.
  • Isa 19:1 : 1 The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
  • Jer 10:15 : 15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
  • Jer 18:15 : 15 For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and because of this, I will put a cause of falling in their ways, even in the old roads, and will make them go on side-roads, in a way not lifted up;
  • Jer 43:12-13 : 12 And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace. 13 And the stone pillars of Beth-shemesh in the land of Egypt will be broken by him, and the houses of the gods of Egypt burned with fire.
  • Jer 46:25 : 25 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.
  • Jer 50:2 : 2 Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
  • Zeph 2:11 : 11 The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

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    14Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

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  • Isa 41:29
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    29Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

  • Jer 51:17
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    17Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

  • Isa 44:9-11
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    9Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

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  • Jer 10:8
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    8But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

  • Ps 135:15-18
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    15The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

    16They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

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    18Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

  • Ps 115:4
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    4Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

  • Ps 115:8
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  • Job 6:18
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    18The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

  • Hab 2:18
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    18What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

  • Isa 2:18
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    18And the images will never be seen again.

  • Isa 45:16
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    16All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

  • Job 4:20
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    20Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • Isa 41:24
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    24But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

  • Isa 37:19
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    19And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    18And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

  • Isa 42:17
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    17They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.

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    33So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

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  • Isa 40:17-19
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    17All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

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    20Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

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    18How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

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    38A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.

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    29The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

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    16Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.