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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 10:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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in his knowledge--"is rendered brutish by his skill," namely, in idol-making (Jer 10:8-9). Thus the parallel, "confounded by the graven image," corresponds (so Jer 51:17). Others not so well translate, "without knowledge," namely, of God (see Isa 42:17; Isa 45:16; Hos 4:6).
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