Verse 14

Jeremiah 10:14

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14 Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!

Original Language Text

hebrew

נִבְעַ֤ר כָּל אָדָם֙ מִ/דַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כָּל צוֹרֵ֖ף מִ/פָּ֑סֶל כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכּ֖/וֹ וְ/לֹא ר֥וּחַ בָּֽ/ם

English Translation

All people are burned with knowledge; every craftsman is ashamed of his idol, for it is a false thing and there is no spirit in them.

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel. Focus ↗

2 This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they a... Focus ↗

3 The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a crafts... Focus ↗

4 They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over. Focus ↗

5 Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried arou... Focus ↗

6 There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful! Focus ↗

7 Everyone should respect you, King of the nations. This is how you should be treated. There's no one... Focus ↗

8 Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by use... Focus ↗

9 Sheets of hammered silver are shipped in from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, to be used by craftsmen... Focus ↗

10 But the Lord is the only true God (Elohim). He is the living God (Elohim) and eternal King. The eart... Focus ↗

11 This is what you are to tell the nations: “These gods, who didn't make either the heavens or the ear... Focus ↗

12 It was God (Elohim) who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his u... Focus ↗

13 The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over... Focus ↗

14 Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they mak...

15 They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment... Focus ↗

16 The God (Elohim) of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the Creator of everything, and Israel i... Focus ↗

17 You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave, Focus ↗

18 because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this... Focus ↗

19 The people of Jerusalem responded, “We're suffering terribly because we've been badly hurt—our injur... Focus ↗

20 Our tents have been destroyed; all our ropes have been broken. Our children have been taken from us... Focus ↗

21 The “shepherds” have become stupid—they don't ask the Lord for advice. That's why they have failed,... Focus ↗

22 Listen to the news that a noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah wil... Focus ↗

23 I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their w... Focus ↗

24 Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me! Focus ↗

25 Pour out your fury on the nations that don't recognize you as God (Elohim), and on their families th... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 10 (25 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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