23 For they, too, built for themselves (A)high places, (B)memorial stones, and [a](C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)under every luxuriant tree.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:23 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

19 Lord, my (A)strength and my stronghold,
And my (B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (D)falsehood,
Futility, and [a](E)things of no benefit.”
20 Can a person make gods for himself?
But they are (F)not gods!

21 “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—
This time I will (G)make them know
My [b]power and My might;
And they will (H)know that My name is the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them
  2. Jeremiah 16:21 Lit hand

21 For even though they knew God, they did not [a]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became (A)futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and they (C)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and [b]crawling creatures.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:21 Lit glorify
  2. Romans 1:23 Or reptiles

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