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Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.
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A Call to Rational Faith
Commentators emphasize that the command to 'remember' and 'bring it again to mind' is a call to rational thinking. God urges his people, whom he calls 'transgressors,' to consider the logical absurdity of worshipping man-made idols. As Albert Barnes notes, they are to act as people endowed with an immortal mind, not as unthinking brutes.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Remember this—Bear in mind what is now said of the manner in which idols are made. This is addressed, doubtless, to the Jews, and is designe…
19th Century
Anglican
Shew yourselves men. —As elsewhere, the prophet’s challenge is couched in the language of irony. The worshippers of idols…
16th Century
Protestant
Remember this. This verse may be explained in two ways: either the Lord addresses the Jews, or He addresses the Gentiles. People who are n…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Remember this Or "these things", as the Syriac version, concerning the matter of which, and the manner in which idol…
Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the lavishness of idolaters shame the stinginess of many who …
13th Century
Catholic
Bel is broken. Here the prophet foretells the destruction of the enemies holding the people captive, namely, the Babylonians, co…
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