Jeremiah 10:3 KJV
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Matthew Henry
- The absurdity of idolatryThe prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to pry into...
Thompson Chains
- ForestsLink 6 of 7 · next Jeremiah 46:23
- Idol MakingSee the chain from Isaiah 40:19 · 6 links
Cross References
- Isaiah 44:9–20 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. …
- Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
- Leviticus 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Kings 18:26–28 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. …
- Isaiah 40:19–31 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. …
- Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Hosea 8:4–6 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. …
- Habakkuk 2:18–19 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? …
- Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- 1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For the customs כִּי kî Conjunction חֻקּוֹת ḥuqqôt חֻקָּה Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
- of the people הָעַמִּים hāʿammîm עַם Noun · masculine plural · with the
- vain הֶבֶל hebel הֶבֶל Noun · masculine singular
- for one cutteth כְּרָתוֹ kĕrātô כָּרַת Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- a tree הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular כִּי kî Conjunction עֵץ ʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular
- out of the forest מִיַּעַר miyyaʿar יַעַר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- the work מַעֲשֵׂה maʿăśê מַעֲשֶׂה Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the hands יְדֵי yĕdê יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct
- of the workman חָרָשׁ ḥārāš חָרָשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- with the axe בַּמַּעֲצָד bammaʿăṣād מַעֲצָד Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
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