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Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?
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The Irrationality of Idolatry
All commentators emphasize the prophet's logical and unanswerable question: Why worship gods who were just proven powerless to save their own people? Matthew Henry calls this choice "the greatest absurdity," and John Gill terms it "madness." This serves as a timeless reminder to evaluate where we place our trust, ensuring it is in the one true God who has proven His power, not in things that cannot help.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Could not deliver. — Did not deliver. (Compare to the boast of Sennacherib concerning the gods who had failed before him:…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah , &c.] Idolatry being always highly displeasing to the L…
Presbyterian
To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If people would cons…
