Jeremiah 51:17
Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Cross References
Psalms 53:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.There is no one who does good.
Psalms 115:5They have mouths, but they do not speak.They have eyes, but they do not see.
Psalms 135:17They have ears, but they can't hear;neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Habakkuk 2:18"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written,"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."
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 →