Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 10:1 (show verse)
Hear the word of the LORD, that he speaketh unto thee, O thou house of Israel.
Jeremiah 10:2 (show verse)
Thus sayeth the LORD, "Ye shall not learn after the manner of the Heathen, and ye shall not be afraid for the tokens of heaven: for the Heathen are afraid of such.
Jeremiah 10:3 (show verse)
Yea all the customs and laws of the Gentiles are nothing but vanity. They hew down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workman, and fashion it with the axe;
Jeremiah 10:4 (show verse)
they cover it over with gold or silver; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not.
Jeremiah 10:5 (show verse)
It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Helpless
Idols » Vanity of
Learning » Whose ways you should not learn
Palm trees » Illustrative of » The upright appearance of idols
Palm trees » Described as » Upright
Trees » Varieties » Palm
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Helpless
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Idols » Vanity of
Learning » Whose ways you should not learn
Palm trees » Illustrative of » The upright appearance of idols
Palm trees » Described as » Upright
Trees » Varieties » Palm
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Helpless
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Jeremiah 10:6 (show verse)
But there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and great is the name of thy power.
Jeremiah 10:7 (show verse)
Who would not fear thee? Or what King of the Gentiles would not obey thee? For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is none that may be likened unto thee.
Jeremiah 10:8 (show verse)
They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity:
Jeremiah 10:9 (show verse)
namely, wood; silver, which is brought out of Tarshish, and beaten to plates; and gold from Ophir, a work that is made with the hand of the craftsman and the caster, clothed with yellow silk and scarlet: even so is the work of their wise men altogether.
Arts of the » Founder
Colors » Blue: symbol of deity
Commerce » From tarshish
Gold » Uphaz
Purple » Rich clothing
Silver » Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in
Silver » Described as » Malleable
Silver » Made into » Thin plates
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Uphaz » Famous, » Gold
Colors » Blue: symbol of deity
Commerce » From tarshish
Gold » Uphaz
Purple » Rich clothing
Silver » Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in
Silver » Described as » Malleable
Silver » Made into » Thin plates
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Uphaz » Famous, » Gold
Jeremiah 10:10 (show verse)
But the LORD is a true God, a living God, and an everlasting king. If he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Gentiles may not abide his indignation.
Anger » The anger of the lord
Anger of God » Manifested in terrors
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As the true God
the Earth » Described as » Trembling before God
Eternity » God rules
God » Is declared to be » TRUE
Heaven/the heavens » The lord stretching out the heavens
Indignation » The indignation of the lord
Power » The power of the lord
Wisdom » The lord creating everything by wisdom
World » The lord creating the world
Wrath » The wrath of the lord
Anger of God » Manifested in terrors
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As the true God
the Earth » Described as » Trembling before God
Eternity » God rules
God » Is declared to be » TRUE
Heaven/the heavens » The lord stretching out the heavens
Indignation » The indignation of the lord
Power » The power of the lord
Wisdom » The lord creating everything by wisdom
World » The lord creating the world
Wrath » The wrath of the lord
Jeremiah 10:11 (show verse)
As for their gods, it may well be said of them, "They are gods, that made neither heaven nor earth: therefore shall they perish from the earth, and from all things under heaven."
Jeremiah 10:12 (show verse)
But as for our God, he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdom hath he finished the whole compass of the world; with his discretion hath he spread out the heavens.
Jeremiah 10:13 (show verse)
At his voice the waters gather together in the air; he draweth up the clouds from the utmost parts of the earth: he turneth lightning to rain, and bringeth forth the winds out of their treasures.
Jeremiah 10:14 (show verse)
His wisdom maketh all men fools. And confounded be all casters of images, for that they cast is but a vain thing, and hath no life.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:15 (show verse)
The vain craftsmen with their works, that they in their vanity hath made, shall perish one with another in the time of visitation.
Jeremiah 10:16 (show verse)
Nevertheless, Jacob's portion is not such: but it is he that hath made all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of Hosts is his name.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:17 (show verse)
Put away thine uncleanness out of the land, thou that art in the strong cities.
Jeremiah 10:18 (show verse)
For thus sayeth the LORD, "Behold, I will now thrust out the inhabiters of this land a great way off, and trouble them of such a fashion, that they shall no more be found."
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:19 (show verse)
Alas, how am I hurt? Alas, how painful are my scourges unto me? For I consider this sorrow by myself, and I must suffer it.
Jeremiah 10:20 (show verse)
My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children are gone from me, and can nowhere be found. Now have I none to spread out my tent, or to set up my hangings.
Jeremiah 10:21 (show verse)
For the herdsmen have done foolishly, that they have not sought the LORD. Therefore have they dealt unwisely with their cattle, and all are scattered abroad.
Jeremiah 10:22 (show verse)
Behold, the noise is hard at hand, and great sedition out of the north: to make the cities of Judah a wilderness, and a dwelling place for dragons.
Jeremiah 10:23 (show verse)
Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.
Jeremiah 10:24 (show verse)
Therefore chasten thou us, O LORD; but with favour, and not in thy wrath. Bring us not utterly to naught.
Jeremiah 10:25 (show verse)
Pour out thine indignation rather upon the Gentiles, that know thee not, and upon the people that call not on thy name: And that because they have consumed, devoured and destroyed Jacob, and have rooted out his glory.