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Jeremiah 10:15

13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 41:24

    Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

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  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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  • Jeremiah 51:18

    They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

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  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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  • Isaiah 2:18–21

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

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  • Jeremiah 8:19

    Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

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  • Zechariah 13:2

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

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