King James Version
Jeremiah 10:2 in the King James Version says “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are d...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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. customs: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“not the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“for the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Learn”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“at the signs”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
“of heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“and be not dismayed”
H2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and be not dismayed”
H2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
“for the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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