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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 16:20 - 16:20
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indignant protest of Jeremiah against idols.
and they (are) no gods - (Jer 2:11; Isa 37:19; Gal 4:8). “They” refers to the idols. A man (a creature himself) making God is a contradiction in terms. Vulgate takes “they” thus: “Shall man make gods, though men themselves are not gods?”