Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“Every man is brutish [i.e.,] whoever makes a graven image for a god. molten images [As translated], an expression [denoting] molten images.”
The interpretation timeline
Jer 51:17
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Jewish · 1 Reformed
Jer 51:17 · Douay-Rheims
“Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them.”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill
Reformed
1697–1771
“They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. See Gill on Jer 10:15. . Jeremiah 51:19 jer 51:19 jer 51:19 jer 51:19The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name. See Gill on Jer 10:16.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.