Jeremiah 10:1

Idols and the Living God

1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:1

Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of
Israel.
] Or, "upon you"; or, "concerning you" ^F11; it may design the judgment of God decreed and pronounced upon them; or the prophecy of it to them, in which they were nearly concerned; or the word of God in general, sent unto them by his prophets, which they were backward of hearing; and seems to refer particularly to what follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Mkyle) "super vos", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "de vobis", Vatablus; "super vobis", Cocceius.

Jeremiah 10:1 In-Context

1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,

3 for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

4 They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.

5 Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good."