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The Greek word *ergastērion* (workshop) reveals where this transaction occurs—in the very matrix of falsehood itself.
Isaiah declares: "They shall fling their idols to the bats and to the moles" (Isaiah 2:20).
The prophet itemizes the nation's boasts—their *plethos* (abundance) of silver and gold; their merchant fleet, the ships of Tarshish; their military might measured in horses and chariots; their geographical fortifications in mountain and hill; their engineered defences in towers and...
John Trapp's commentary drives this home—one portion of wood serves its *proper* purpose, the other becomes an object of futile worship.
With the remaining timber, he carves a god and falls before it in worship.
The proverb reads: "As he that throweth a stone at an idol, so is he that giveth honour to a fool." Colonel Conder first identified the true translation, revealing the comparison's power.