The reference to images in the first commandment was interpreted by Luther as strictly a temporal law that has been abrogated by the New Covenant 10.
Hoffmann-Kreyer: Handwörterbuch des Deutschen Aber¬ glaubens, Bd.
Eine ähnliche Symbolik - um einen Ausblick auf die Verhöhnungsriten in striktem Sinn zu geben - war auch im Hildesheimer Bilderfrevel von 1547 oder 1548 intendiert.
Since the New Testament seemed as hostile against images as the Old, and nowhere explicitly stated that this commandment had been abrogated, it was interpreted as meaning that the commandment was still in force.