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Jeremiah 10:8 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Jeremiah 10:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 10 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once”
Jeremiah 10:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 10:8
This verse restates idol futility: 'But they are altogether brutish and foolish.' The Hebrew ba'ar (בָּעַר, brutish, stupid, like cattle) and kasal (כָּסַל, foolish) apply to both idols and their worshippers. 'The stock is a doctrine of vanities.' 'Stock' (ets, עֵץ) is simply 'wood'—the material from which idols are made. A 'doctrine of vanities' (musar havalim, מוּסַר הֲבָלִים) indicates 'instruction in nothingness' or 'discipline that leads to emptiness.' Idolatry teaches nothing valuable; it schools devotees in worthlessness. Following idols produces people who become like what they worship...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 10:8
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“and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed”
“and there is no breath in them.”
“everyone who trusts in them.”
“all of them”
“knowing God”
“everyone who trusts in them.”
“and there is no breath in them.”
“they don't know me; they are foolish children”
“You are my father; and to a stone”