Ye have taken; you Tyrians, Zidonians, and Philistines have received at the hands of those you confederated with, you have taken them either as part of the spoil, or as part of your pay. My silver and my gold; silver and gold vessels dedicated to my service in the temple, and about the altar. And have carried into your temples; and in contempt of me, with proud insulting, have presented them in your temples to your idols, as if they were mightier and more glorious than I: so did the Philistines carry the ark into Dagon's temple, but it cost Dagon his head, 1 Samuel 5:4; and Nebuchadnezzar carried away the sacred vessels when he spoiled the temple. My goodly pleasant things; God speaks of these after the manner of man, and so accounteth of these things.

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