Jeremías 10:1-16

Dios y los ídolos

1 Escucha, pueblo de Israel, la palabra del SEÑOR.

2 Dice así:«No aprendan ustedes la conducta de las naciones,ni se aterroricen ante las señales del cielo,aunque las naciones les tengan miedo.

3 Las costumbres de los pueblosno tienen valor alguno.Cortan un tronco en el bosque,y un artífice lo labra con un cincel.

4 Lo adornan con oro y plata,y lo afirman con clavos y martillopara que no se tambalee.

5 »Sus ídolos no pueden hablar;¡parecen espantapájarosen un campo sembrado de melones!Tienen que ser transportados,porque no pueden caminar.No les tengan miedo,que ningún mal pueden hacerles,pero tampoco ningún bien».

6 ¡No hay nadie como tú, SEÑOR!¡Grande eres tú,y grande y poderoso es tu nombre!

7 ¿Quién no te temerá, Rey de las naciones?¡Es lo que te corresponde!Entre todos los sabios de las naciones,y entre todos los reinos,no hay nadie como tú.

8 Todos son necios e insensatos,educados por inútiles ídolos de palo.

9 De Tarsis se trae plata laminada,y de Ufaz se importa oro.Los ídolos, vestidos de púrpura y carmesí,son obra de artífices y orfebres;¡todos ellos son obra de artesanos!

10 Pero el SEÑOR es el Dios verdadero,el Dios viviente, el Rey eterno.Cuando se enoja, tiembla la tierra;las naciones no pueden soportar su ira.

11 «Así les dirás: “Los dioses que no hicieron los cielos ni la tierra, desaparecerán de la tierra y de debajo del cielo”».^[a]

12 Dios hizo la tierra con su poder,afirmó el mundo con su sabiduría,¡extendió los cielos con su inteligencia!

13 Cuando él deja oír su voz,rugen las aguas en los cielos;hace que vengan las nubesdesde los confines de la tierra.Entre relámpagos hace llover,y saca de sus depósitos al viento.

14 La humanidad es necia e ignorante;todo orfebre se avergüenza de sus ídolos.Sus imágenes son un engaño,y no hay en ellas aliento de vida.

15 No valen nada, son obras ridículas;cuando llegue el día de su castigo, serán destruidas.

16 La heredad de Jacob no es como ellos,porque él es quien hace todas las cosas;su nombre es el SEÑORTodopoderoso,e Israel es la tribu de su herencia.

Jeremías 10:1-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 10

This chapter shows that there is no comparison to be made between God and the idols of the Gentiles; represents the destruction of the Jews as near at hand; and is closed with some petitions of the prophet. It begins by way of preface with an exhortation to hear the word of the Lord, and a dehortation not to learn the way of the Heathens, or be dismayed at their signs, since their customs were in vain, Jer 10:1-3 which lead on to expose their idols, and set forth the greatness and glory of God. Their idols are described by the matter and makers of them, Jer 10:3,4,9 and from their impotence to speak, to stand, to move, or do either good or evil, Jer 10:4,5, but, on the other hand, God is described by the greatness of his name and power, and by the reverence that belongs unto him; in comparison of whom all the wise men of the nations are brutish, foolish, and vain, Jer 10:6-8, by the epithets of true, living, and everlasting, and by the terribleness of his wrath, Jer 10:10, by his power and wisdom, in making the heavens and the earth, in causing thunder and lightning, wind and rain, when the gods that have no share in these shall utterly perish, Jer 10:11-13 their makers being brutish, and brought to shame; and they falsehood and breathless vanity, the work of errors, and so shall come to ruin, Jer 10:14,15, but he, who is Jacob's portion, and whose inheritance Israel is, is not like them; being the former of all things, and his name the Lord of hosts, Jer 10:16 and next follows a prophecy of the destruction of the Jews; wherefore they are bid to gather up their wares, since in a very little time, and at once, the Lord would fling them out of the land, and bring them into distress, Jer 10:17,18, upon which the prophet expresses his sympathy with his people in trouble, and the part of grief he took and bore with them, Jer 10:19, the particulars of his distress, through the desolation of the land, and the captivity of the people, with the cause and authors of it, by whose means these things were brought upon them, are mentioned, Jer 10:20,21, and the Chaldean army, the instruments of their ruin, are represented as just at hand, Jer 10:22, when the prophet, directing himself to God, acknowledges the impotence of man in general to help and guide himself, deprecates correction in anger to himself in particular, and prays that the wrath of God might be poured down upon the Heathens, by whom his people were devoured, consumed, and made desolate, Jer 10:23-25.

Footnotes

• [a]. Este versículo está escrito en arameo.