💧WEB · Jeremiah 10:3
What does Jeremiah 10:3 mean?
"For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax."
— Jeremiah 10:3 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
Yahweh says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.
They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.
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