Letter of Jeremiah 40-42

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁰ Why then must anyone think that they are gods, or call them gods?

The Foolishness of Worshipping Idols

Besides, even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them; for when they see someone who cannot speak, they bring Bel and pray that the mute may speak, as though Bel^[a] were able to understand! ⁴¹ Yet they themselves cannot perceive this and abandon them, for they have no sense. ⁴² And the women, with cords around them, sit along the passageways, burning bran for incense.