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They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and don`t speak: they must be carried, because they can`t go. Don`t be afraid of them; for they can`t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
They are upright ... - Rather, “They are like a palm tree of turned work,” that is, like one of those stiff, inelegant pillars, something li…
19th Century
Anglican
Upright as the palm tree.
Perhaps a better translation is, A pillar in a garden of gourds are they.
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
He continues with the same subject and borrows his words from the forty-fourth chapter of Isaiah (Isaiah 44); for the passage is wholly…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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 shows the dignity of the people, so that from this their guilt might appear more serious and their punishment more just.
It is divi…
