Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 10:3 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Jeremiah 10:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 10 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. customs: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity”
Jeremiah 10:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 10:3
This verse exposes idol manufacture: 'For the customs of the people are vain.' The Hebrew chuqqoth (חֻקּוֹת, statutes, customs) with hevel (הֶבֶל, vanity, breath, nothing) declares religious practices worthless. 'For one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.' The idol begins as a tree—created thing—cut down by human labor (charash, חָרָשׁ, craftsman) using human tools (ma'atsad, מַעֲצָד, axe). The manufacturing process is mundane, ordinary, entirely human. What emerges is 'work of hands'—human product, not divine being. The polemic reduces impres...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 10:3
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“nor know”
“not with corruptible things”
“that you do not practice any of these abominable customs”
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
“knowing God”
“don't use vain repetitions”
“you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image”
“and they dressed it”
“but not by me. They have made princes”
“What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me”