Jeremiah 51:17-19

New International Reader's Version

¹⁷ “No one has any sense.
    No one knows anything.
Everyone who works with gold is put to shame
    by his wooden gods.
His metal gods are fakes.
    They can’t even breathe.
¹⁸ They are worthless, and people make fun of them.
    When I judge them, they will be destroyed.
¹⁹ But I, the God of Jacob, am not like them.
    I give my people everything they need.
    I can do this because I made everything, including Israel.
They are the people who belong to me.
    My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.