Jeremías 10:11

11 Diles a los que rinden culto a otros dioses: «Sus supuestos dioses, que no hicieron los cielos y la tierra, desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo de los cielos».

Jeremías 10:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall ye say unto them
The godly Jews to the idolatrous Chaldeans; and therefore this verse alone is written in the Chaldee language. The Targum prefaces it thus,

``this is the copy of the letter, which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the rest of the elders of the captivity in Babylon; and if the people among whom you are should say unto you, serve idols, O house of Israel; then shall ye answer, and so shall ye say unto them, the idols whom ye serve are errors, in whom there is no profit; from heaven they cannot bring down rain, and out of the earth they cannot produce fruit:''

so Jarchi observes: it follows in the text, the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall
perish from the earth, and from under these heavens;
which the Targum paraphrases thus,

``they and their worshippers shall perish from the earth, and shall be consumed from under these heavens.''

The words may be considered as a prediction that so it would be; or as an imprecation that so it might be, and be read, "let the gods"; and considered either way, being put into the mouth of the godly Jews in Babylon, to be openly pronounced by them in the midst of idolaters, and in answer to them, when they should be enticed to idolatry, show how open and ingenuous men should be in the profession of the true God, and his religion and worship: and it may be observed, against the deniers of the true deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, that if he is not that God that made the heavens and the earth, he lies under this imprecation or prediction.

Jeremías 10:11 In-Context

9 Traen láminas de plata desde Tarsis
y oro desde Ufaz,
y les entregan esos materiales a hábiles artesanos
que hacen sus ídolos.
Luego visten estos dioses con ropas de púrpura y azul real
hechas por sastres expertos.

10 Sin embargo, el Señor
es el único Dios verdadero.
¡Él es el Dios viviente y el Rey eterno!
Toda la tierra tiembla ante su enojo;
las naciones no pueden hacerle frente a su ira.

11 Diles a los que rinden culto a otros dioses: «Sus supuestos dioses, que no hicieron los cielos y la tierra, desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo de los cielos».

12 Dios hizo la tierra con su poder,
y la preserva con su sabiduría.
Con su propia inteligencia
desplegó los cielos.

13 Cuando habla en los truenos,
la lluvia desciende del cielo con estrépito.
Él hace que las nubes se levanten sobre la tierra.
Envía el relámpago junto con la lluvia,
y suelta el viento de sus depósitos.