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Jeremiah 10:3

For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

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ASV

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

KJV

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
חֻקּ֥וֹתchu.Kot[the] customs ofH2708 →
הָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →
הֶ֣בֶלHe.vel[is] futilityH1892 →
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
עֵץ֙'etza treeH6086 →
מִיַּ֣עַרmi.Ya.'arfrom a forestH3293 →
כְּרָת֔וֹke.ra.Tosomeone has cut down itH3772 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639 →
יְדֵ֥י־ye.Dei-[the] hands ofH3027 →
חָרָ֖שׁcha.Rasha craftsmanH2796 →
בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃Ba.ma.'a.Tzadwith <the> toolH4621 →

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Isaiah 44:9–20All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.1 Kings 18:26–28And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Hosea 8:4–6They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.Habakkuk 2:18–19What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?Isaiah 40:19–31To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.1 Kings 16:26For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.2 Chronicles 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.Acts 16:21by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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