Verse 16
"Therefore, he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous."
Most of the commentators suppose that this language is altogether metaphorical, as is the preceding verse. "It means that the Babylonians recognized not God's hand, but attributed their success to the means which they employed... There is no evidence in Chaldean monuments of their paying divine honors to weapons, etc."[31] Any person, or any people, who trust not in God, but attribute all of their success, wealth, and prosperity to their system of government, their fertile lands, their natural resources, their powerful armies, their great armaments, their army navy, or airforce, or anything else that was given to them by the bounty of heaven or achieved by them through their intelligence and labors - all such persons are worshipping their nets and burning incense to their drags!
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