Jeremiah 10:2
Thus says LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the nations are dismayed at them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Hear ye the word which LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:3Ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Egypt, in which ye dwelt, and ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, nor shall ye walk in their statutes.
Deuteronomy 12:30take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before thee, and that thou not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? Even so I will do likewise.
Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou have labored from thy youth, if so be thou shall be able to profit, if so be thou may prevail.
Luke 21:25And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, roaring of sea and of tossing,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17
Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 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. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →