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They that make them are like unto them—stupid, senseless, irrational. See the notes at Isaiah 44:9-20.
So is everyone…

This passage cannot compare with the magnificent irony of Isaiah 44:9-20, but there is still a noticeable vein of sarcasm running through it, visib…

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
They are as senseless and as stupid, as blind and as…

Those who make them shall be like them. Many are of the opinion that this is a curse, and therefore translate the future tense in the opta…

They that make them are like to them
As stupid as the matter of which they are made; as sottish and as senseless as …

Let no opinion of our own merits have any place in our prayers or in our praises. All the good we do is done by the power of his grace; and all the…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes