And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Israel had with their own eyes beheld the loathsome rites and false gods of the peoples in whose lands they had dwelt and through whose territories they had passed. Those objects of worship were not living powers but images fashioned from wood and stone. Others among them were overlaid or formed with silver and gold, yet they remained mere idols set among the nations. This direct and prolonged contact with idolatry forms the background for the solemn charge not to turn the heart away from the Lord to go after and serve those other gods.
Israel had with their own eyes beheld the loathsome rites and false gods of the peoples in whose lands they had dwelt and through whose territories they had passed. Those objects of worship were not living powers but images fashioned from wood and stone. Others among them were overlaid or formed with silver and gold, yet they remained mere idols set among the nations. This direct and prolonged contact with idolatry forms the background for the solemn charge not to turn the heart away from the Lord to go after and serve those other gods.