In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bats. The Egyptians adored all sorts of animals. (Herodotus ii. 65.)
Ægyptus portenta colat. (Juvenal xv.)
Omnigenumque Deum monstra. (Virgil, Æneid viii.)
The mole was much esteemed by magicians, who promised any the art of divination and success, who should eat the heart of one still warm. (Pliny, xxx. 3.) The Israelites were always ready to embrace such superstitious practices. (Calmet)
