Holy Scripture
Epistle of Jeremiah 1:12
Source: Septuagint
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12Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moths, though they be covered with purple raiment.
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10Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
11Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, being gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
— Epistle of Jeremiah 1:12 —
13They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
14And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a scepter, as though he were a judge of the country.