English Standard Version
Jeremiah 10:15
15They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
Context of Jeremiah 10:15
13When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses. 14Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish. 16Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name. 17Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!
Read all of Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 10:15 word by word
הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:15
- Jeremiah 10:8They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
- Jeremiah 8:19Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: "Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?" "Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images and with their foreign idols?"
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
- Jeremiah 51:18They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
- Deuteronomy 32:21They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- 1 Samuel 12:21And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
- Isaiah 41:24Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
- Jonah 2:8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
- Acts 14:15"Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus 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."
- Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.
- Isaiah 2:18And the idols shall utterly pass away.
- Zephaniah 1:3"I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the Lord.
- Zechariah 13:2"And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
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
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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
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