Letter of Jeremiah 1:70
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold.
Greek · Brenton
Ὥσοερ γὰρ ἐν σικυηράτῳ προβασκάνιον οὐδὲν φυλάσσον, οὕτως οἱ θεοὶ αὐτῶν εἰσι ξύλινοι καὶ περίχρυσον καὶ περιάργυροι.