Bible in Basic English
"They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them."
— Jeremiah 51:18, Bible in Basic English
“They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. ”
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:
At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;