Jeremiah 10:11

Jeremiah 10:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
• New International Version (NIV)“Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Context of Jeremiah 10:11

9Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. The work of a craftsman and of a goldsmith’s hands is clothed in blue and purple, all the work of skilled artisans. 10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury. You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.” 12He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and spread out the heavens by his understanding. 13When he thunders, the waters in the heavens are in turmoil, and he causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 10:11 word by word

כִּדְנָה֙ תֵּאמְר֣וּן לְה֔וֹם אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־שְׁמַיָּ֥א וְאַרְקָ֖א לָ֣א עֲבַ֑דוּ יֵאבַ֧דוּ מֵֽאַרְעָ֛א וּמִן־תְּח֥וֹת שְׁמַיָּ֖א אֵֽלֶּה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thusדְּנָהdên · thisH1836
• shall ye sayאֲמַר'ămar · to sayH560
• unto them, The godsאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• that have notלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• madeעֲבַד‛ăbad · to makeH5648
• the heavensשָׁמַ֫יִןshâmayin · heavenH8065
• and the earthאֲרַק'ăraq · earthH778
• they shall perishאֲבַד'ăbad · to destroyH7
• from the earthאֲרַע'ăra‛ · earth: planetH772
• and from underתְּחוֹתtechôth techôth · underH8460
• theseאֵלֶּה'êlleh · theseH429

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:11

• Psalms 96:5For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
• Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
• Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
• Isaiah 2:18The worthless idols will vanish completely.
• Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will be terrifying to them when he starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations will bow in worship to him, each in its own place.
• Zechariah 13:2On that day” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies — “I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will banish the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
• Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them under your heavens.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thus shall ye say unto them - This is the message you shall deliver to the Chaldean idolaters. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish - Both they and their worshippers shall be destroyed; and idolatry shall finally be destroyed from the earth; and the heavens shall look no more on so great an abomination. It is suffered for a while: but in the end shall be destroyed. This verse is written in a sort of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11This verse is (in the original) in Chaldee. It was probably a proverbial saying, which Jeremiah inserts in its popular form.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The pagan gods were not there when the heavens and earth were created, and they are not eternal. The original text of this verse is in Aramaic. This might suggest it quotes an Aramaic saying and was directed at the exiles in Babylon, where people spoke Aramaic.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. This verse is in Chaldee, Jeremiah supplying his countrymen with a formula of reply to Chaldee idolaters in the tongue most intelligible to the latter. There may be also derision intended in imitating their barbarous dialect. Rosenmuller objects to this view, that not merely the words put in the mouths of the Israelites, but Jeremiah's own introductory words, "Thus shall ye say to them," are in Chaldee, and thinks it to be a marginal gloss. But it is…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:11

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Chaldee language
• Cord
• Creation
• Custom
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Gods
• Habakkuk

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings