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Jeremiah 16:20

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Shall a man make gods unto himself,.... Can a man make his own gods? a poor, weak, mortal man? can he make gods of gold, silver, brass, wood, or stone? can he put deity into them? and when he has made images of these, can he be so stupid as to account them gods, and worship them?

can he be so sottish, and void of understanding, as to imagine that anything that is made by himself or any other, can be God?and they are no gods; that are made by men; he only is the true God, that is the Maker and Creator of all things; or they are no gods themselves that pretend to make them, and therefore how should they make gods?

can they give that which they have not? or impart deity to others which they have not themselves?

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