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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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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 2 Chronicles 25:15

19th Century

Bishop

Could not deliver.Did not deliver. (Compare to the boast of Sennacherib concerning the gods who had failed before him:…

John Gill

John Gill

On 2 Chronicles 25:15

17th Century

Pastor

Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah ,
&c.] Idolatry being always highly displeasing to the L…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 2 Chronicles 25:14–16

17th Century

Minister

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…