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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 115:6
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They have ears, but they hear not, etc.] The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon, as Baal’s worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, and one day and night after another, nothing is heard, (<111826>1 Kings 18:26,27). Indeed the image of Jupiter at Crete was made without ears; because it was thought unbecoming that he, who was prince and lord of all, should give ear to any f1602: but the God of heaven and earth is a God hearing prayer; his ear is not heavy, that it cannot hear; his ears are always open to the cries of his people. Noses have they, but they smell not; the incense that is set before them, nor the sacrifices offered to them, (<050428>Deuteronomy 4:28), but our God smelled a sweet savour in legal sacrifices, offered up in the faith of the Messiah; and especially he smells a sweet savour in the sacrifice of his Son, and in the prayers of his saints, which are sweet odours; and particularly as they come to him perfumed with the incense of Christ’s mediation, (<010821>Genesis 8:21 <490502>Ephesians 5:2 <660508>Revelation 5:8 8:3,4).
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