Jeremiah 10:15

Translations

Modern

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Traditional

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Literal

They are vanity, a work of errors; in the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Latin

Vana sunt, et opus risu dignum: in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Notes

Jeremiah 10:12–16

This stanza strongly affirms God's nature.

Jeremiah 10:1–16

This poetic passage criticizes idol worship and affirms the unity and majesty of the one true God. It is not a logical discussion of divinity in nature or a detailed statement about God's attributes. Instead, it is a poem about the foolishness of worshiping idols that the worshipers have made. It includes strong affirmations of faith that clearly declare who God is.

Jeremiah 10:1–25

This poetic passage has three parts:

A contrast between the Lord and pagan idols (Jeremiah 10:1–16)
A reflection on the destruction awaiting idol worshipers (Jeremiah 10:17–18, 19–22)
A prayer asking God to act with restraint in the coming judgment and to ensure the pagan nations do not go unpunished (Jeremiah 10:23–25).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah God’s Uniqueness The Creation

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Jeremiah 51:18
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
Isaiah 2:18–21
…and the idols will vanish completely.
Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
Jonah 2:8
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Jeremiah 8:19
Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
Acts 14:15
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
Zephaniah 1:3–4
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
1 Samuel 12:21
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Body Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

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