The Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 13: samenvatting

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1. The speaker says that people capable of exploring the universe have no excuse for failing to discover its Lord.
2. A carpenter makes a useful vessel, burns scraps for cooking, and carves leftover wood into an image.
3. He secures the helpless image to a wall, then asks it for health, life, protection, and success.
4. A sailor appeals to rotten wood, but the speaker credits the Father’s providence with safe passage across the sea.
5. An ancient rescue preserves humanity in a fragile vessel when proud giants perish.
6. The speaker distinguishes wood used for righteousness from idols and condemns both the objects and their makers.

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The carpenter knows his creation needs protection but still seeks its aid. This contradiction makes the argument against idol worship concrete.

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