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Idols: Worthless and Deceptive
Commentators agree that idols are described as 'vanity'—meaning they are empty, worthless, and a source of falsehood. They are called a 'work of errors' or a 'work of mockery,' highlighting that they are not only foolish but actively deceive those who worship them, standing in stark contrast to the living God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 10:15
18th Century
Theologian
Rather, They are vanity, a work of mockery, deserving only ridicule and contempt.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 10:15
19th Century
Bishop
The work of errors. —Better, a work of mockery, i.e., worthy of that and of that only, the word being apparently…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 10:14–15
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 10:15
16th Century
Theologian
He confirms the same thing. What he called before falsehood, שקר, shikor, he now calls vanity, הבל, ebel. They are vanity,
John Gill
On Jeremiah 10:15
17th Century
Pastor
They are vanity. They are the fruit of the vain imagination of men; to worship them shows the vanity of the human mind; a…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 10:1–16
17th Century
Minister
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…