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Wisdom 14:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 14:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 Therefore, a visitation will overtake even the idols of the nations
because among the creatures of God they have become an abomination,
a scandal for human souls,
and a pitfall for the feet of the foolish.
Idols Make Their Entry into the World[a]
12 The invention of idols marked the origin of immorality;
their discovery corrupted human life.
13 They did not exist at the beginning,
and they will not last forever.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 14:12 The cult of idols perverts human beings. The immorality spoken about in verse 12 is undoubtedly infidelity toward God and his covenant (see Hos 1–2), and the incommunicable name (Wis 14:21) is that of God, with the supreme sacrilege being to have it borne by a creature.
