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Jeremiah 10:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath "
Jeremiah 10:14
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He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
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Jeremiah 10:1
"Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:"
Jeremiah 10:2
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them."
Jeremiah 10:3
"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."
Jeremiah 10:4
"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move"
Jeremiah 10:5
"They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good."
Jeremiah 10:6
"Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might."
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