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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:3 |
King James |
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The customs - Better, as the marg, "the ordinances," established institutions, "of the peoples, i. e." pagan nations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The customs of the people are vain - חקות chukkoth; the statutes and principles of the science are vain, empty, and illusory. They are founded in nonsense, ignorance, idolatry, and folly.
One cutteth a tree out of the forest - See the notes on Isa 40:19 (note), and Isa 44:9 (note), etc., which are all parallel places and where this conduct is strongly ridiculed. |
9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.