Verse 8

Jeremiah 10:8

New Living Translation

8 People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/בְ/אַחַ֖ת יִבְעֲר֣וּ וְ/יִכְסָ֑לוּ מוּסַ֥ר הֲבָלִ֖ים עֵ֥ץ הֽוּא

English Translation

In one, they will burn and be confounded; the correction of the worthless is a tree.

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O Israel! Focus ↗

2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not act like the other nations, who try to read their future in t... Focus ↗

3 Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol. Focus ↗

4 They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it... Focus ↗

5 Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they ne... Focus ↗

6 LORD, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power. Focus ↗

7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? That title belongs to you alone! Among all the wise... Focus ↗

8 People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

9 They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these mate... Focus ↗

10 But the LORD is the only true God (Elohim). He is the living God (Elohim) and the everlasting Kin... Focus ↗

11 Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and ear... Focus ↗

12 But the LORD made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own unde... Focus ↗

13 When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over t... Focus ↗

14 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols th... Focus ↗

15 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed... Focus ↗

16 But the God (Elohim) of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, includ... Focus ↗

17 Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin. Focus ↗

18 For this is what the LORD says: “Suddenly, I will fling out all you who live in this land. ... Focus ↗

19 My wound is severe, and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it.<br... Focus ↗

20 My home is gone, and no one is left to help me rebuild it. My children have been taken away,<b... Focus ↗

21 The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the LORD. T... Focus ↗

22 Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies as they roll down from the north. The towns o... Focus ↗

23 I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. Focus ↗

24 So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Focus ↗

25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you — on the peoples that do not ca... Focus ↗

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