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Jeremiah 10:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 10 · verse 8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.Jeremiah 10:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 10:8 in context
6Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- altogetherʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- doctrinemûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- brutishbâʻarto kindleH1197 →
- foolishkâçalproperly, to be fatH3688 →
- stockʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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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