Revised Webster's Bible

Jeremiah 10:3-8

3For thecustomsחֻקּ֥וֹתchu.KotH2708of thepeopleהָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.MimH5971arevainהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1892: for onecuttethכְּרָת֔וֹke.ra.ToH3772atreeעֵץ֙'etzH6086out of theforestמִיַּ֣עַרmi.Ya.'arH3293, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of thehandsיְדֵ֥י־ye.Dei-H3027of theworkmanחָרָ֖שׁcha.RashH2796, with theaxeבַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃Ba.ma.'a.TzadH4621.

4Theydeckיְיַפֵּ֑הוּye.ya.Pe.huH3302it withsilverבְּכֶ֥סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701and withgoldוּבְזָהָ֖בu.ve.za.HavH2091; theyfastenיְחַזְּק֖וּםye.cha.ze.KumH2388it withnailsבְּמַסְמְר֧וֹתbe.mas.me.RotH4548and withhammersוּבְמַקָּב֛וֹתu.ve.ma.ka.VotH4717, that it may notmoveיָפִֽיק׃ya.FikH6328.

5They areuprightH4749as the palmtreeכְּתֹ֨מֶרke.To.merH8560, butspeakיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696not: they mustneedsנָשׂ֥וֹאna.So'H5375beborneיִנָּשׂ֖וּאyi.na.Su'H5375, because they cannotgoיִצְעָ֑דוּyitz.'A.duH6805. Be notafraidתִּֽירְא֤וּti.re.'UH3372of them; for they cannot doevilיָרֵ֔עוּya.Re.'uH7489, neither also is it in them to dogoodהֵיטֵ֖יבhei.TeivH3190.

6Forasmuch as there is none like thee, OLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; thou artgreatגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419, and thynameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034isgreatוְגָד֥וֹלve.ga.DolH1419inmightבִּגְבוּרָֽה׃big.vu.RahH1369.

7Who would notfearיִֽרָאֲךָ֙yi.ra.'a.KhaH3372thee, OKingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofnationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471? for to thee doth itappertainיָאָ֑תָהya.'A.tahH2969: forasmuch as among all thewiseחַכְמֵ֧יchakh.MeiH2450men of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֛םha.go.YimH1471, and in all theirkingdomsמַלְכוּתָ֖םmal.khu.TamH4438, there is none like thee.

8But they arealtogetherוּבְאַחַ֖תu.ve.'a.ChatH259stupidיִבְעֲר֣וּyiv.'a.RuH1197andfoolishוְיִכְסָ֑לוּve.yikh.Sa.luH3688: thestockעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086is adoctrineמוּסַ֥רmu.SarH4148ofvanitiesהֲבָלִ֖יםha.va.LimH1892.

Read all of Jeremiah 10

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain