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They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Rather, They are vanity, a work of mockery, deserving only ridicule and contempt.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The work of errors. —Better, a work of mockery, i.e., worthy of that and of that only, the word being apparently…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the wo…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He confirms the same thing. What he called before falsehood, שקר, shikor, he now calls vanity, הבל, ebel. They are vanity,

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

They are vanity. They are the fruit of the vain imagination of men; to worship them shows the vanity of the human mind; a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the foolishness of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here, he infers the destruction of false worship.

  1. He speaks of the shame of idolatry regarding its foolishne : the idol maker

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