Jeremiah 51:17
Brutish is every man who hath not this knowledge; By his images is every founder put to shame; For his molten work is deceit; There is no breath in it.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18They are vanity, deceptive work; In the time of their punishment shall they perish.
Cross References
Psalms 53:1“For the leader of the music. To be sung on wind instruments. A psalm of David.” The fool saith in his heart, “There is no God!” They are corrupt; their doings are abominable; There is none that doeth good.
Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
Psalms 135:17They have ears, but they hear not; And there is no breath in their mouths.
Jeremiah 10:14Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge; By his image is every founder put to shame, For his molten-work is deceit; There is no breath in it.
Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image, When the maker hath graven it? Or the molten image, and the teacher of lies, That the artificer trusteth in his work, When he maketh dumb idols?
1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the discernment of the discerning.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →