Wisdom, chapter 14 15 For a father, afflicted with untimely mourning, made an image of the child so quickly taken from him, And now honored as a god what once was dead and handed down to his household mysteries and sacrifices. 16 Then, in the course of time, the impious practice gained strength and was observed as law, and graven things were worshiped by royal decrees.i 17 People who lived so far away that they could not honor him in his presence copied the appearance of the distant king And made a public image of him they wished to honor, out of zeal to flatter the absent one as though present. 18 And to promote this observance among those to whom it was strange, the artisan’s ambition provided a stimulus. 19 For he, perhaps in his determination to please the ruler, labored over the likeness* to the best of his skill;j
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