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How could a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them?
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Verse 40. Chaldees. The priests themselves despise the idols most, ( Calmet.) and expose them to contempt, by pretending that they work miracles. Bible.—“Those who first set up representations of the gods, deprived cities of reverential awe, and increased the error,” said Varro; “prudently supposing that gods might easily be contemned, when like stupid images.” In simulacrorum stoliditate. Saint Augustine de Civ. Dei. iv. 26.
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