“He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
The summary judgment—'A deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"'—attributes idolatry to delusion that isolates people from reality. The phrase 'deluded mind' suggests comprehensive spiritual confusion, while the inability to recognize 'the thing in my right hand' as a lie indicates perceptual distortion. The fundamental inability to question or escape the delusion suggests that idolatry operates at the level of basic perception. This verse connects idolatry to demonic deception that distorts reality-perception itself.
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