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Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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The Folly of Misapplied Skill
Commentators like John Calvin explain that the 'knowledge' mentioned here refers to the artisan's craft. The verse highlights the profound foolishness of using human ingenuity and skill to create an idol. The goldsmith, despite his expertise, is called 'brutish' because he applies his talents to making a lifeless, powerless object and calling it a god. This serves as a warning against prizing human ability over divine truth.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In his knowledge - Rather, without knowledge; i.e., on comparing his powerless idols with the awe-inspiring grandeur of a tropical …
19th Century
Anglican
Brutish in his knowledge. —Literally, from knowing, i.e., too brutish to know, or, as some take it, brutish …
Baptist
Every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the wo…
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16th Century
Protestant
Some offer overly refined explanations for the beginning of this verse—that their own subtlety or wisdom, which they claim for themselves, makes me…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Every man is brutish in his knowledge Or science of making an idol, whether it be of wood, or of gold, or silver, or…
The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the foolishness of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he infers the destruction of false worship.
He speaks of the shame of idolatry regarding its foolishness: the idol maker
