“They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.”
The beginning of extended anti-idolatry polemic—'All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless'—establishes the fundamental incoherence of idolatry. The sweeping condemnation of idol-makers as 'nothing' mirrors the earlier assertion about idols themselves. The assertion that idolaters treasure worthless things suggests that idolatry perverts value judgment: people expend effort and resources on objects that have no being or power. This verse launches the most sustained critique of idolatry in the entire prophecy.
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