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Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don`t see, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
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The Sheer Folly of Idolatry
Commentators unanimously emphasize that making and worshipping idols is utter foolishness and 'vanity.' The creators, the created objects ('delectable things'), and the worship itself are all worthless and cannot profit or save. As Charles Spurgeon notes, the very idea of a human fashioning a god is absurd. The entire enterprise is presented as empty and leading only to shame.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They that make a graven image - A graven image is one that is cut, or sculptured out of wood or stone, in contrast to one that is m…
19th Century
Anglican
Are all of them vanity ... —Once more Isaiah’s favorite tohu—the symbol of the primeval chaos.
Their delec…
Baptist
They that made a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit, and they are their own witnesses; they see …
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16th Century
Protestant
The formers of a graven image. The Lord now shows, on the contrary, how wretched idolaters are who wander amid their contrivances and are …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity They show themselves to be vain men, by making such vain things as g…
Image-making is described to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the …
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13th Century
Catholic
And now hear, O Jacob. Here, third, he strengthens them by explaining the worthlessness of idols, lest they should believe that …
