Why do the
nations say, "Where is their God?" Our God is in heaven; he does
whatever pleases him. But their idols are silver and gold, made by human
hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They
have ears, but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell. They have hands, but
cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with
their throats. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all
who trust in them.
But their idols are silver and gold
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
made by human hands
2 Kings 19:18 "They (the Assyrian kings) have thrown their gods (of the kingdoms they conquered) into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands."
2 Chronicles 32:19 They (the Assyrians) spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world--the work of human hands.
Jeremiah 10:3-5 "For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
Acts 19:25-26 He (Demetrius the silversmith) called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: "You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business. And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all."
(parentheses are mine)
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Monday, September 7, 2015
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