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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 10:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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upright--or, "They are of turned work, resembling a palm tree" [MAURER]. The point of comparison between the idol and the palm is in the pillar-like uprightness of the latter, it having no branches except at the top. speak not-- (Psa 115:5). cannot go--that is, walk (Psa 115:7; Isa 46:1, Isa 46:7). neither . . . do good-- (Isa 41:23).
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