Jeremiah 10:4

He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart.

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In The King James Version

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

In Context

3For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.

5They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.”

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 40:19Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Isaiah 44:12The maker of iron has wrought with his file. With coals and hammers, he has formed it, and he has wrought with the strength of his arm. He will hunger and grow faint. He will not drink water, and he will become weary.

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 →

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