Or, “It is a piece of wood (Jeremiah 10:8 note); indeed, beaten silver it is, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold fro…

Tarshish. —As elsewhere in the Old Testament, Spain, the Tartessus of the Greeks (Genesis 10:4; Jonah 1:3;…

Step into any Roman Catholic idol-temple in England or on the Continent, or for that matter, into any Anglican idol-temple (for they are all very m…

The Prophet, anticipating what might be said, refers to the splendor and pomp of idols, and declares that all was frivolous and extremely childish.…

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish

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…

1. Here, he makes clear the difference with regard to eternity.

   First, he shows the inception of the idols with regard to their subst…