Jeremiah 51:17

KJV

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

— Jeremiah 51:17, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 51 connects to 10 cross-references. The oracle against Babylon continues with instructions for Judah's departure: flee out of the midst of Babylon. God's vengeance for Zion's temple is the theme. Jeremiah orders the scroll of Babylon's doom to be tied to a stone and cast …

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Other Translations

ASV

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

YLT

Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false <FI>is<Fi> his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

BBE

Then 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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