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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 10:8

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Brutish - Jeremiah 10:21 and foolish Theirs was the brutishness of men in a savage state, little better than mere animals: their folly that of stupidity. The stock ... - Rather, the instruction of idols is a piece of wood. That is what they are themselves, and “ex nihilo nihil fit” (from nothingness, nothing is made). return to 'Top of Page'
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