Jeremiah 10:8 “But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless…”

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

World English Bible

But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

American Standard Version

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

Geneva Bible 1599

But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.

Darby Translation

But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.

Young's Literal Translation

And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.

Bible in Basic English

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

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Cross references

“brutish”

Jeremiah 10:14 Zechariah 10:2 Psalm 115:8 Psalm 135:18 Isaiah 41:29 Habakkuk 2:18

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Zechariah 10:2 · BSB

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

Psalm 115:8 · BSB

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Psalm 135:18 · BSB

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Isaiah 41:29 · BSB

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Habakkuk 2:18 · BSB

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

“the stock”

Jeremiah 2:27 Isaiah 44:19 Hosea 4:12

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

Isaiah 44:19 · BSB

And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest o…

Hosea 4:12 · BSB

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

Also

Jeremiah 4:22

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

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