"They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon,
as Baal's worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, and one day and night after another, nothing is heard, Kg1 18:26 . Indeed the image of Jupiter at Crete was made without ears; because it was thought unbecoming that he, who was prince and lord of all, should give ear to any (y): but the God of heaven and earth is a God hearing prayer; his ear is not heavy, that it cannot hear; his ears are always open to the cries of his people. Noses have they, but they smell not; the incense that is set before them, nor the sacrifices offered to them, Deu 4:28 , but our God smelled a sweet savour in legal sacrifices, offered up in the faith of the Messiah; and especially he smells a sweet savour in the sacrifice of his Son, and in the prayers of his saints, which are sweet odours; and particularly as they come to him perfumed with the incense of Christ's mediation, Gen 8:21 . (y) Plutarch. de Isid. & Osir. prope finem.
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon,
as Baal's worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, and one day and night after another, nothing is heard, Kg1 18:26 . Indeed the image of Jupiter at Crete was made without ears; because it was thought unbecoming that he, who was prince and lord of all, should give ear to any (y): but the God of heaven and earth is a God hearing prayer; his ear is not heavy, that it cannot hear; his ears are always open to the cries of his people. Noses have they, but they smell not; the incense that is set before them, nor the sacrifices offered to them, Deu 4:28 , but our God smelled a sweet savour in legal sacrifices, offered up in the faith of the Messiah; and especially he smells a sweet savour in the sacrifice of his Son, and in the prayers of his saints, which are sweet odours; and particularly as they come to him perfumed with the incense of Christ's mediation, Gen 8:21 . (y) Plutarch. de Isid. & Osir. prope finem.