Yēlìmǐshū 10:8

8 Tāmen jǐn dōu shì chùleì , shì yúmeì de . ǒuxiàng de xùn huì suàn shénme ne . ǒuxiàng bú guo shì mùtou .

Yēlìmǐshū 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether brutish and foolish
In comparison of the Lord, there is no knowledge and wisdom in them, this is a certain fact; they are verily brutish and foolish; or they are one and all so, there is not a wise man among them: or, "in one thing they are brutish" ^F18; namely, in their idolatry; however wise they may be in other respects, in this they are foolish: or, to give no more instances of their brutishness ^F19 and folly, this one is sufficient, even what follows, the stock is a doctrine of vanities;
or what they teach persons, as to worship the trunk of a tree, or any idol of metal, or of wood, is a most vain and foolish thing, and argues gross stupidity and folly, and proves them to be brutish, and without understanding.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (wreby txabw) "in hoc uno Munster", Tigurine version; "et certe in una quadem re obbrutescunt", Piscator. So Jarchi and Abarbinel.
F19 The Talmudists seem to take the word (reb) to have the signification of burning; for the sense of these words being asked, it is replied, there is one thing that burns the wicked in hell; what is it? idolatry; as it is here written, "a doctrine of vanities is the stock."

Yēlìmǐshū 10:8 In-Context

6 Yēhéhuá a , méiyǒu néng bǐ nǐde . nǐ bĕn wéi dà , yǒu dà néng dàlì de míng .

7 Wàn guó de wáng a , shuí bú jìngwèi nǐ . jìngwèi nǐ bĕn shì gĕ/hé yí de . yīnwei zaì liè guó de zhìhuì rén zhōng , suī yǒu zhèngquán de zūnróng , yĕ bùnéng bǐ nǐ .

8 Tāmen jǐn dōu shì chùleì , shì yúmeì de . ǒuxiàng de xùn huì suàn shénme ne . ǒuxiàng bú guo shì mùtou .

9 Yǒu yínzi dá chéng piān , shì cóng Tāshī daì lái de , bìng yǒu cóng wū fǎ lái de jīnzi , dōu shì jiàngrén hé yín jiàng de shǒngōng , yòu yǒu lán sè zǐse liào de yīfu , dōu shì qiǎo jiàng de gōngzuò .

10 Wéi Yēhéhuá shì zhēn shén , shì huó shén , shì yǒngyuǎn de wáng . tā yī fānù , dàdì zhèndòng . tā yī nǎohèn , liè guó dōu dāndāng bù qǐ .