Jeremiah 10:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Silver

Jeremiah 10:4

Tarshish

1 Kings 10:22

Ezekiel 27:12

Uphaz

Daniel 10:5

Are all

Psalm 115:4

General references

Bible References

Silver

“They adorn the idol with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with hammers and nails
So that it will not fall apart.

Tarshish

For the king had at sea the [large cargo] ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

Uphaz

I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose loins were girded with [a belt of] pure gold of Uphaz.

Are all

The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

General references

“You shall not make for yourself any idol, or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth [as an object to worship].

So all the people took off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

As for the cast image (idol), a metalworker casts it,
A goldsmith overlays it with gold
And a silversmith casts its silver chains.

“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer and traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.