Verse 9
make = fashion, or, form.
vanity = emptiness. Hebrew. tohu (without form), as in Genesis 1:2 . See note on Isaiah 24:10 .
their = the fashioners'.
delectable things. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the things they have desired.
they: i.e. the makers and worshippers. See the Structure, above.
ashamed: as the Babylonians were when their city was taken by the Medo-Persians.
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