Psalms 135:17

17 Carved ears that can't hear - dead wood! cold metal!

Psalms 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.

Psalms 135:17 In-Context

15 The gods of the godless nations are mere trinkets, made for quick sale in the markets:
16 Chiseled mouths that can't talk, painted eyes that can't see,
17 Carved ears that can't hear - dead wood! cold metal!
18 Those who make and trust them become like them.
19 Family of Israel, bless God! Family of Aaron, bless God!
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