Jeremiah 51:17 meaning and explanation

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 51:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 51:17 comes in the middle of a poem praising the LORD as Creator, set within the prophet's long oracle against Babylon. The verse turns from God's power over storm and rain to the folly of human idolatry.

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