Jeremiah 10:4

He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

5They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4and I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

Isaiah 40:19Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Isaiah 44:12The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be 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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