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He who is too impoverished for [such] an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a skillful workman to set up an engraved image, that shall not be moved.
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Idolatry's Universal Temptation
Commentators like John Calvin explain that this verse shows how idolatry tempts everyone, not just the wealthy. While the previous verse described rich idols of gold, this one shows a poor person investing in the best wood they can find. This reveals the universal human desire to create a tangible, visible god, a temptation that crosses all economic lines.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He who is so impoverished - So poor.
It is generally supposed that the word used here is to be understood in this way, though interpr…
19th Century
Anglican
He who is so impoverished ... —The transition is abrupt, but the intention apparently is to represent idolatry at its opposite ext…
Baptist
Chooseth a tree that will not rot;
A good piece of heart of oak or enduring elm.
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16th Century
Protestant
The poor chooseth for his offering wood that will not rot. He concludes that no class of men is free from that crime, that the rich and po…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation Who is so poor that he cannot bring an offering to his God, yet h…
Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. Eve…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…
