Psalm 135:17

17 They have ears, but they can't listen. No, there's no breath in their lungs!

Psalm 135:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 135:17

They have ears, but they hear not
(See Gill on Psalms 115:6);

neither is there [any] breath in their mouths;
they are lifeless statues, they have not so much as what the brute creatures have, breath; our Jehovah, as the living God, is rightly opposed to them, who gives life, and breath, and all things, unto man; and yet what amazing stupidity is it, that any of them should worship such as gods, who have not what they themselves have.

Psalm 135:17 In-Context

15 The nations' idols are just silver and gold— things made by human hands.

16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.

17 They have ears, but they can't listen. No, there's no breath in their lungs!

18 Let the people who made these idols and all who trust in them become just like them!

19 House of Israel, bless the LORD! House of Aaron, bless the LORD!