Their baubles and bangles,
their earrings and bracelets,
were all melted down,
their shining things, their gold
poured into the mold
a new idol to sculpt
Their eyes, their obedience
to man, not to God
and for that, they would atone
October 2, 2007 8:31am
Exodus 32:1-14
(Raymond A. Foss)
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