Jeremiah 10:15

Jeremiah 10:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
• New International Version (NIV)They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Context of Jeremiah 10:15

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. 14Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed. 16Jacob’s Portion is not like these because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name. 17Gather up your belongings from the ground, you who live under siege.

Jeremiah 10:15 word by word

הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• vanityהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of errorsתֵּעְתֻּעִיםta‛tûa‛ · delusionH8595
• in the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of their visitationפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• they shall perishאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:15

• Jeremiah 10:8They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen — the cry of my dear people from a faraway land, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion, her King not within her?” Why have they angered me with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?
• Jeremiah 14:22Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are you not the Lord our God? We therefore put our hope in you, for you have done all these things.
• Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked my jealousy with what is not a god; they have enraged me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with what is not a people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
• 1 Samuel 12:21Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless.
• Isaiah 41:24Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
• Jonah 2:8Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love,
• Acts 14:15“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.
• Jeremiah 10:11You 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.”
• Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,” says the Lord.
• Isaiah 2:18The worthless idols will vanish completely.
• Zephaniah 1:3I will sweep away people and animals; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and the ruins along with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• 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.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Rather, “They are vanity, a work of mockery,” deserving only ridicule and contempt.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16This stanza strongly affirms God's nature.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. errors--deceptions; from a Hebrew root, "to stutter"; then meaning "to mock." their visitation they--When God shall punish the idol-worshippers (namely, by Cyrus), the idols themselves shall be destroyed [Rosenmuller] (Jr 10:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:15

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Custom
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Habakkuk
• Visitation
• Zedekiah (2)

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