{"content":[{"text":"17 For just as someone’s dish is useless when it is broken, 18so \n are their gods when they have been set up in the temples. Their \n eyes are full of the dust raised by the feet of those who enter. \n And just as the gates are shut on every side against anyone who \n has offended a king, as though under sentence of death, so the \n priests make their temples secure with doors and locks and bars, \n in order that they may not be plundered by robbers. 19They light \n more lamps for them than they light for themselves, though their \n gods can see none of them. 20They are just like a beam of the \n temple, but their hearts, it is said, are eaten away when crawling \n creatures from the earth devour them and their robes. They do \n not notice 21when their faces have been blackened by the smoke \n of the temple. 22Bats, swallows, and birds alight on their bodies \n and heads; and so do cats. 23From this you will know that they \n are not gods; so do not fear them.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.085456,"width":0.749288,"height":0.292415}},{"text":"24 As for the gold that they wear for beauty—it will not shine \n unless someone wipes off the tarnish; for even when they were \n being cast, they did not feel it. 25They are bought without regard \n to cost, but there is no breath in them. 26Having no feet, they are \n carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humankind their \n worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to \n shame 27because, if any of these gods falls to the ground, they \n themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot \n move itself; and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. \n Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead. 28The \n priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods and use \n the money themselves. Likewise their wives preserve some of the \n meat with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless. 29Sacrifices \n to them may even be touched by women in their periods or at \n childbirth. Since you know by these things that they are not gods, \n do not fear them.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.394357,"width":0.7563730000000001,"height":0.311965}},{"text":"30 For how can they be called gods? Women serve meals for gods \n of silver and gold and wood; 31and in their temples the priests sit \n with their clothes torn, their heads and beards shaved, and their \n heads uncovered. 32They howl and shout before their gods as \n some do at a funeral banquet. 33The priests take some of the \n clothing of their gods to clothe their wives and \n children. 34Whether one does evil to them or good, they will not \n be able to repay it. They cannot set up a king or depose \n one. 35Likewise they are not able to give either wealth or money;","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.722951,"width":0.757801,"height":0.175385}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}