{"content":[{"text":"THE LETTER OF JEREMIAH","bbox":{"left":0.321189,"top":0.085592,"width":0.3579370000000001,"height":0.020960000000000006}},{"text":"6A \n copy of a letter that Jeremiah sent to those who were to be \n taken to Babylon as exiles by the king of the Babylonians, to give \n them the message that God had commanded him.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.123141,"width":0.749629,"height":0.077955}},{"text":"The People Face a Long Captivity","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.217719,"width":0.45102200000000003,"height":0.020960000000000006}},{"text":"2 Because of the sins that you have committed before God, you \n will be taken to Babylon as exiles by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the \n Babylonians. 3Therefore, when you have come to Babylon you will \n remain there for many years, for a long time, up to seven \n generations; after that I will bring you away from there in \n peace. 4Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold \n and wood, which people carry on their shoulders, and which \n cause the heathen to fear. 5So beware of becoming at all like the \n foreigners or of letting fear for these gods possess you 6when you \n see the multitude before and behind them worshipping them. But \n say in your heart, ‘It is you, O Lord, whom we must \n worship.’ 7For my angel is with you, and he is watching over your \n lives.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.255068,"width":0.7557760000000001,"height":0.25352800000000003}},{"text":"The Helplessness of Idols","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.525361,"width":0.349689,"height":0.02095999999999998}},{"text":"8 Their tongues are smoothed by the carpenter, and they \n themselves are overlaid with gold and silver; but they are false \n and cannot speak. 9People take gold and make crowns for the \n heads of their gods, as they might for a girl who loves \n ornaments. 10Sometimes the priests secretly take gold and silver \n from their gods and spend it on themselves, 11or even give some \n of it to the prostitutes on the terrace. They deck their gods out \n with garments like human beings—these gods of silver and gold \n and wood 12that cannot save themselves from rust and corrosion. \n When they have been dressed in purple robes, 13their faces are \n wiped because of the dust from the temple, which is thick upon \n them. 14One of them holds a sceptre, like a district judge, but is \n unable to destroy anyone who offends it. 15Another has a dagger \n in its right hand, and an axe, but cannot defend itself from war \n and robbers. 16From this it is evident that they are not gods; so \n do not fear them.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.56271,"width":0.751113,"height":0.31196599999999997}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}