Jeremiah 10:1-3

Idols and the Living God

1 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says the Lord:
"Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
 3 f for the customs of the peoples are vanity. 1
g A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:9
    All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:20
    He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
    Isaiah 45:20
    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
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