“For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.”
The final blow to idolatry—'When I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word'—exposes the idols' complete silence and uselessness. The image of God looking and finding nothing reverses the expected relationship where idols supposedly provide guidance: instead, they cannot respond even when directly questioned. The repeated emphasis on their inability to answer parallels earlier verses, establishing a cumulative case against idolatry. This verse's bleakness about pagan gods contrasts sharply with the comfort offered to Israel throughout the chapter.
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