They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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Gill's Exposition
They are vanity,.... They are the fruit of the vain imagination of men; to worship them shows the vanity of the human mind; and they are vain things to trust to:
and the work of errors; of erroneous…
Barnes' Notes
Rather, “They are vanity, a work of mockery,” deserving only ridicule and contempt.
The prophet Isaiah, when he prophesied of the captivity in Babylon, added warnings against idolatry and largely exposed the sottishness of idolaters, not only because the temptations in Babylon would…
Cambridge Bible
delusion rather (with mg.) mockery, bringing scorn upon those who trust in them. The last clause of the v. refers to the fate which may be expected to befall the idols when "the day of the Lord"…
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