8 For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with silver; yet they are only fake, and can’t speak. (WEB)
Baruch 6:8
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Habakkuk 2:18–20
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Baruch 6:69–71
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Baruch 6:38–40
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Baruch 6:49–51
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Baruch 6:23–25
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