Jeremiah 10:14
Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:4When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon's torso was intact.
Psalms 92:6A senseless man doesn't know,neither does a fool understand this:
Psalms 97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images,who boast in their idols.Worship him, all you gods!
Psalms 115:8Those who make them will be like them;yes, everyone who trusts in them.
Proverbs 30:2"Surely I am the most ignorant man,and do not have a man's understanding.
Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;and the workmen are mere men.Let them all be gathered together.Let them stand up.They will fear.They will be put to shame together.
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 →