Jeremiah 51:17

Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. 1 For his cast images are frauds, and there is no life in them. 1

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In The King James Version

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

In Context

16When he thunders, there is the roar of waters in the heavens, for he brings up the mist from the ends of the earth. 1 He makes lightning for rain and sends out wind from his storehouses. 1

18They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 53:1A fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” 1 They are corrupt and have done abominable iniquity; 1 there is no one who does good. 1

Psalms 115:5Those idols have mouths, but they do not speak; 1 they have eyes, but they do not see; 1

Psalms 135:17they have ears, but they do not hear, 1 nor is there breath in their mouths. 1

Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. 1 For his cast images are frauds; there is no life in them. 1

Habakkuk 2:18What does the carved figure profit you? For the one who has carved it, or who casts a figure from molten metal, is a teacher of lies; 1 for he trusts his own handiwork when he makes these mute gods. 1

1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, 1 “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. 1 I will frustrate the understanding of the intelligent.”

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 →

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