Bible verse
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Jeremiah 51:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 51.
14 The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
16 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
17 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
18 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
19 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
21 With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.
22 With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
KJV
They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
ASV
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
ERV
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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