Jeremiah 10:4

It is decked with silver and gold, And with nails and with hammers is it fastened, That it may not totter.

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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

3The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down, It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe,

5They are like a turned palm-tree pillar, and cannot speak; They must be borne by men, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot hurt, Nor is it in their power to do good.

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands:

Isaiah 40:19The workman casteth an image, And the smith overlayeth it with gold, And casteth for it silver chains.

Isaiah 44:12The smith prepareth an axe in the coals, And fashioneth it with hammers, And worketh it with his strong arm; He becometh hungry, and his strength faileth; He drinketh no water, and is faint.

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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