If an idol leant over or fell that was the very worst of omens; cf the case of Dagon.
(Prof. G. A. Smith, D. D.)
The absurdity of idolatry
A wooden image, planed smooth below and heavier than above, so as not to upset at every push, is to be a god! (F. Delitzsch, D. D.)
The helplessness of graven images
When John Knox was a prisoner in France, “the officers brought to him a painted board, which they called Our Lady, and commanded him to kiss it. They violently thrust it into his face, and put it betwixt his hands, who, seeing the extremity, took the idol, and advisedly looking about, he cast it into the river and said, ‘Let Our Lady now save herself; she is light enough; let her learn to swim!’ After that was no Scotsman urged with that idolatry.” (Knox, History of the Reformation.)
