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Jeremiah 10:15

13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

17 Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
KJV
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
WEB
They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
ASV
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
DARBY
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
BLB
They [are] vanity, a work of errors; in the time of their punishment they shall perish.
ÅB
De er tomhet, et verk som vekker spott; på sin hjemsøkelses tid skal de gå til grunne.
OTB
De er verdiløse, gjenstander til spott; når straffens tid kommer, skal de gå til grunne.
B1930
De er tomhet, et verk som vekker spott; på sin hjemsøkelses tid skal de gå til grunne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 41:24

    Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

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  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

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  • Jeremiah 51:18

    They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

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  • Jonah 2:8

    Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

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  • Isaiah 2:18–21

    and the idols will vanish completely.

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  • Jeremiah 8:19

    Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

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  • Zechariah 13:2

    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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