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Jeremiah 10:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 10:2
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Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
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.
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.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move
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Jeremiah 10:1
"Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:"
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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