Behold, they are all vanity - They are unable to predict future events; they are unable to defend their friends or to injure their enemies. …

They are all ... their works ... —The first pronoun refers to the idols themselves, the second to the idolaters who make them. In “confusi…

Behold, they are all vanity. After speaking of idols, he makes the same statement about their worshippers, as it is also said:

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Behold, they are all vanity Both the idols and the worshippers of them; in vain they claim the title of deity, to which t…

Nothing more is needed to show the folly of sin than to consider the reasons given in its defense. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They…

1. Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…