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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:3 |
Strong Concordance |
For the customs [02708] of the people [05971] are vain [01892]: for one cutteth [03772] a tree [06086] out of the forest [03293], the work [04639] of the hands [03027] of the workman [02796], with the axe [04621]. |
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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 [03335] a graven image [06459] are all of them vanity [08414]; and their delectable things [02530] shall not profit [03276]; and they are their own witnesses [05707]; they see [07200] not, nor know [03045]; that they may be ashamed [0954].
19 The workman [02796] melteth [05258] a graven image [06459], and the goldsmith [06884] spreadeth [07554] it over with gold [02091], and casteth [06884] silver [03701] chains [07577].