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Jeremiah 10:1 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 10 · verse 1
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:Jeremiah 10:1 · King James Version
Jeremiah 10:1 in context
1Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2Thus 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.
3For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakethdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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The prophet Isaiah, when he prophesied of the captivity in Babylon, added warnings against idolatry and largely exposed the sottishness of idolaters, not only because the temptations in Babylon would be in danger of drawing the Jews there to idolatry, but because the afflictions in Babylon were designed to cure them…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16