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Jeremiah 51:18 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Jeremiah 51:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 51 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”
Jeremiah 51:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 51:18
They are vanity, the work of errors—idols are "vanity" (הֶבֶל, hevel, vapor, breath, vanity)—the same word describing life's futility in Ecclesiastes. Idols are insubstantial, worthless, fleeting. The phrase "work of errors" (מַעֲשֵׂה תַּעְתֻּעִים, ma'aseh ta'tu'im, work of mockeries/delusions) suggests both the craftsmen's deluded effort and the idols' mockable nature. God ridicules what people worship.In the time of their visitation they shall perish—"visitation" (פְּקֻדָּה, pequddah) means divine inspection, often for judgment. When God examines idols, they perish because they cannot withst...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:18
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“Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals”
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
“they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways”
“and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt”
“the God of Israel”
“and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt”
“for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him”
“and set up a standard; publish”
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”