Jeremiah 10:4

They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.

World English Bible Classic

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 customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.

5They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Isaiah 40:19A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

Isaiah 44:12The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks 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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