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Repented not (ou metenoēsan). First aorist active indicative of metanoeō. The two-thirds of mankind still spared did not change their creed or their conduct.
Of the works (ek tōn ergōn). For this use of ek after metanoeō see Rev 2:21; Rev 9:21; Rev 16:11. By “works” (ergōn) here idolatries are meant, as the next verse shows.
That they should not worship (hina mē proskunēsousin). Negative purpose clause with hina mē and the future active of proskuneō as in Rev 9:5.
Devils (ta daimonia). Both in the O.T. (Deu 32:17; Psa 96:5; Psa 106:37) and in the N.T. (1Co 10:21) the worship of idols is called the worship of unclean spirits. Perhaps this is one explanation of the hideous faces given these images. “The idols” (ta eidōla 1Jo 5:21, from eidos, form, appearance) represented “demons,” whether made of gold (ta chrusā) or of silver (ta argurā) or of brass (ta chalkā) or of stone (ta lithina) or of wood (ta xulina). See Dan 5:23 for this picture of heathen idols. The helplessness of these idols, “which can neither see nor hear nor walk” (ha oute blepein dunantai oute akouein oute peripatein), is often presented in the O.T. (Psa 115:4; Psa 135:15-18).