What Does Jeremiah 10:5 Mean?

“as the palm tree”

a palm trunk

“They are upright”

rounded work, i.e., moulded by hammering (repousse)

they (only used when emphatic)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“but speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“be borne”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“be borne”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“because they cannot go”

to pace, i.e., step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“Be not afraid”

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

they (only used when emphatic)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“of them for they cannot do evil”

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“neither also is it in them to do good”

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc