Jeremiah 10:1-8

God and Idols

1 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel.
2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.”
6 No one is like you, LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

Cross References 17

  • 1. S Exodus 23:24; S Leviticus 20:23
  • 2. S Genesis 1:14
  • 3. S Isaiah 40:19
  • 4. Deuteronomy 9:21; S 1 Kings 8:36; Jeremiah 44:8; Ezekiel 7:20
  • 5. Psalms 135:15; Hosea 13:2; Habakkuk 2:19
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 5:3; Isaiah 41:7
  • 7. S 1 Kings 18:26; 1 Corinthians 12:2
  • 8. S Isaiah 45:20; Psalms 115:5,7
  • 9. Isaiah 41:23
  • 10. S Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:9-20; Isaiah 46:7; Acts 19:26
  • 11. S Exodus 8:10
  • 12. S 2 Samuel 7:22; S Psalms 48:1
  • 13. Jeremiah 5:22
  • 14. Psalms 22:28; S Isaiah 12:4; Revelation 15:4
  • 15. S Isaiah 44:18
  • 16. S Isaiah 40:19; S Jeremiah 4:22
  • 17. S Deuteronomy 32:21
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