Verse 18
18. What profiteth A rhetorical question, equivalent to “It profiteth nothing”; the idols can render no help in the hour of calamity (Amos 2:4; 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 44:10).
Graven image See on Micah 5:13.
Molten image See on Nahum 1:14.
The maker thereof hath graven it An expression of contempt; they are only the work of man; how can they be of any use?
Teacher of lies Not the priest or prophet of the idol (Isaiah 9:15; compare Micah 3:11), but the idol itself (Amos 2:4; Zechariah 10:2), so called in contrast with Jehovah whose word is faithful and true.
To make dumb idols Literally, dumb nothings (Isaiah 46:5-7; compare 1 Corinthians 12:2). It is foolish to trust in idols; it is foolish even to make them, for the maker cannot put life into them.
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