Jeremiah 10:1

A Satire on Idolatry

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

2 Thus says the LORD , "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;

3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

4 "They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

5 "Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good."