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Psalm 115:5

They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.

3But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see.
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Mouths that cannot speak and eyes that cannot see expose the gap between an idol’s human features and its complete lack of life.

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Where else Scripture says this

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1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.Both passages describe idols as unable to speak, and Paul recalls how people were led away to them.
Jeremiah 10:5They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, …Both passages expose the silence of crafted idols; Jeremiah adds that they must be carried and cannot do good or evil.
Jeremiah 51:17“Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath …Both passages describe lifeless images: the psalm names mouths and eyes that cannot function, while Jeremiah says the images have no breath.
Revelation 13:15It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of …Both concern images and speech, with a stark contrast: the psalm’s idols are mute, while Revelation’s image receives breath and speaks.
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An idol’s carved features give it no power to see or speak. Your trust belongs to the God described just before it: he does whatever he pleases.

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