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Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
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Wind and Confusion
Commentators unanimously describe idols as utterly worthless. They are called 'vanity,' 'wind' (lacking substance), and 'confusion.' Scholars like Calvin and Gill connect the word 'confusion' to the Hebrew 'tohu,' the formless chaos from Genesis 1:2, highlighting that idolatry brings spiritual disorder, not enlightenment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, they are all vanity - They are unable to predict future events; they are unable to defend their friends or to injure their enemies. …
19th Century
Anglican
They are all ... their works ... —The first pronoun refers to the idols themselves, the second to the idolaters who make them. In “confusi…
16th Century
Protestant
Behold, they are all vanity. After speaking of idols, he makes the same statement about their worshippers, as it is also said:
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, they are all vanity Both the idols and the worshippers of them; in vain they claim the title of deity, to which t…
Nothing more is needed to show the folly of sin than to consider the reasons given in its defense. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They…
13th Century
Catholic
Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…
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