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# They are both brutish and stupid
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The words "brutish" and "stupid" mean basically the same thing and emphasize how foolish the people are for worshiping idols. Alternate translation: "They are all very stupid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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# Their vain discipline—it is nothing but wood
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The writer writes as if he gets halfway through his statement and cannot continue. "As for what they work so hard to serve, it is only a piece of wood"
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