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Jeremiah 10:9 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 10 · verse 9
Silver 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.Jeremiah 10:9 · King James Version
Jeremiah 10:9 in context
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.
11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TarshishTarshîyshTarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vesselH8659 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- workmanchârâsha fabricator or any materialH2796 →
- foundertsâraphto fuseH6884 →
- SilverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- platesrâqaʻto pound the earthH7554 →
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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