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The Utter Impotence of Idols
Commentators unanimously emphasize the complete powerlessness of idols. Jeremiah mocks them as objects that cannot speak, move, or even stand up without being nailed in place. They must be carried by their worshippers because they are lifeless. This contrasts sharply with the living God who acts with power.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 10:5
18th Century
Theologian
They are upright ... - Rather, “They are like a palm tree of turned work,” that is, like one of those stiff, inelegant pillars, something li…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 10:5
19th Century
Bishop
Upright as the palm tree.
Perhaps a better translation is, A pillar in a garden of gourds are they.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 10:5
19th Century
Preacher
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must necessarily be borne, because they cannot go.
Pretty gods they must be! …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 10:4–5
16th Century
Theologian
He continues with the same subject and borrows his words from the forty-fourth chapter of Isaiah (Isaiah 44); for the passage is wholly…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 10:5
17th Century
Pastor
They are upright as the palm tree Being nailed to a post, or fastened to a pillar, or set upon a pedestal, and so stand e…
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…