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Jeremiah 10:11
11Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
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
9They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen who make their idols. Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes made by expert tailors. 10But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath. Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.” 12But the Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens. 13When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
Read all of Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 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 96:5The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
- Jeremiah 10:15Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
- Jeremiah 51:18Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
- Isaiah 2:18Idols will completely disappear.
- Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will terrify them as he destroys all the gods in the land. Then nations around the world will worship the Lord, each in their own land.
- Zechariah 13:2“And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.
- Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years.
- Lamentations 3:66Chase them down in your anger, destroying them beneath the Lord’s 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
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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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