³²“And what ^acomes upon your spirit will not happen, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, ^bto minister to wood and stone.’

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Cross references

a Ezek 11:5
b Jer 2:25; 44:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“ ‘When you say, “Let’s be like the nations, like the clans of other countries, serving wood and stone,” what you have in mind will never happen.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You say, ‘We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.’ But what you have in mind will never happen.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And what you are planning, surely it will not be—that you are saying, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, serving wood and stone!’

KJV 1900King James Version

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

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