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

9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. Craftsmen and goldsmiths shape these metals. The clothing for the idols is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers. 10But the Lord is the only God. He is the living God and eternal king. The earth trembles when he is angry. The nations can’t endure his fury. Tell them this: These gods will disappear from the earth and from under heaven because they didn’t make heaven and earth. 12The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding. 13He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of 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 96:5because all the gods of the nations are idols. The Lord made the heavens.
• Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they disappear.
• Jeremiah 51:18They can’t breathe. They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they will disappear.
• Isaiah 2:18Then idols will disappear completely.
• Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will terrify them, because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away. So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him.
• Zechariah 13:2“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Revelation 20:2He overpowered the serpent, that ancient snake, named Devil and Satan. The angel chained up the serpent for 1,000 years.
• Lamentations 3:66Pursue them in anger, and wipe them out from under the Lord’s heaven.”

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