Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 10:1 (show verse)
Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel.
Jeremiah 10:2 (show verse)
This is what the Lord says:
Do not learn the way of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,
Jeremiah 10:3 (show verse)
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Jeremiah 10:4 (show verse)
It is fastened with hammer and nails,
so it won’t totter.
Jeremiah 10:5 (show verse)
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
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)
You are great;
Your name is great in power.
Jeremiah 10:7 (show verse)
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.
Jeremiah 10:8 (show verse)
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Jeremiah 10:9 (show verse)
and gold from Uphaz
from the hands of a goldsmith,
the work of a craftsman.
Their clothing is blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
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)
He is the living God
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His rage.
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)
You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
Jeremiah 10:12 (show verse)
established the world
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
Jeremiah 10:13 (show verse)
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
and He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 10:14 (show verse)
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:15 (show verse)
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 10:16 (show verse)
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:17 (show verse)
you who live under siege.
Jeremiah 10:18 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord says:
Look, I am slinging out
the land’s residents at this time
and bringing them such distress
that they will feel it.
the land’s residents at this time
and bringing them such distress
that they will feel it.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 10:19 (show verse)
I am severely wounded!
I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
but I must bear it.”
Jeremiah 10:20 (show verse)
all my tent cords are snapped.
My sons have departed from me and are no more.
I have no one to pitch my tent again
or to hang up my curtains.
Jeremiah 10:21 (show verse)
they don’t seek the Lord.
Therefore they have not prospered,
and their whole flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 10:22 (show verse)
a great commotion
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.
Jeremiah 10:23 (show verse)
that a man’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.
Jeremiah 10:24 (show verse)
not in Your anger,
or You will reduce me to nothing.
Jeremiah 10:25 (show verse)
that don’t recognize You
and on the families
that don’t call on Your name,
for they have consumed Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off
and made his homeland desolate.