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Let all them be put to shame who serve engraved images, Who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
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The Shame of False Worship
Commentators explain that serving idols inevitably leads to shame and disappointment. The Hebrew word for "idols" itself suggests emptiness and futility. John Calvin notes that just as the sun dispels darkness, the true knowledge of God exposes and removes the deceptions of idolatry. This applies to anything we trust in besides the one true God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Confounded be all they that serve graven images—Hebrew, “Let them be ashamed.” The idea is that they would be disappointed. They wo…
19th Century
Anglican
Confounded — that is, ashamed (Isaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 10:14). The same idea is conveyed by the ve…
16th Century
Protestant
Confounded be all those who serve graven images. The Psalmist draws a broad distinction here, as in the psalm next to this, between the tr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Confounded be all they that serve graven images Images of gold, silver, and stone, graven by art and man's device; t…
Though many have been made happy in Christ, still there is room. All have reason to rejoice in Christ's government.
There is a depth in his …
