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On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They <i>are</i> vanity, <i>and</i> the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They <i>are</i> futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless <i>and</i> devoid of promise, a work of delusion <i>and</i> mockery; In their time of [trial and] punishment they will perish [without hope].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the LORD comes to deal with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They [are] vanity, work of erring ones, "" They perish in the time of their inspection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Vanity are they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of their reviewing they shall perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These things are empty, and they are a work deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They are nothing, objects of ridicule; they will perish in their time of punishment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They are vanity, and the work of vain folly; in the time when they are visited with punishment, they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They are nothing and the works are vanities. In the time that they are visited, they shall be destroyed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They are vanity, a work of delusion; In the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3222" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/10.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">They</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: he·ḇel (N-ms) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">are worthless,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">a work</a> <a href="/hebrew/8595.htm" title="8595: ta‘·tu·‘îm (N-mp) -- Mockery. From ta'a'; a fraud.">to be mocked.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘êṯ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">In the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/6486.htm" title="6486: pə·qud·dā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Oversight, mustering, visitation, store. Feminine passive participle of paqad; visitation.">of their punishment</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: yō·ḇê·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">they will perish.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6-7</a></span><br />They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></span><br />The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18-19</a></span><br />What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a></span><br />So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a></span><br />Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Isaiah 41:29</a></span><br />See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a></span><br />Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Isaiah 40:19-20</a></span><br />To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17</a></span><br />But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-16.htm">Isaiah 45:16</a></span><br />They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm">Isaiah 48:5</a></span><br />Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Deuteronomy 4:28</a></span><br />And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">1 Kings 18:26-29</a></span><br />And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made. / At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!” / So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.</p><p class="hdg">vanity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Jeremiah 10:8</a></b></br> But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock <i>is</i> a doctrine of vanities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Jeremiah 8:19</a></b></br> Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: <i>Is</i> not the LORD in Zion? <i>is</i> not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, <i>and</i> with strange vanities?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Jeremiah 14:22</a></b></br> Are there <i>any</i> among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? <i>art</i> not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these <i>things</i>.</p><p class="hdg">in the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-11.htm">Jeremiah 10:11</a></b></br> Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, <i>even</i> they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Jeremiah 8:12</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-18.htm">Isaiah 2:18-21</a></b></br> And the idols he shall utterly abolish… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Delusion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Erring</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Error</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Errors</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-17.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-28.htm">Mockery</a> <a href="/psalms/106-46.htm">Objects</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-11.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Delusion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-20.htm">Erring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Error</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Errors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Mockery</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm">Objects</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-1.htm">The unequal comparison of God and idols.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">He makes an humble supplication.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/jeremiah/10.htm">Jeremiah 10</a>, the prophet contrasts the living God with these lifeless idols. The Hebrew word for "worthless" can also mean "vanity" or "emptiness," emphasizing the futility of idol worship. This echoes the theme found in <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>, where idols are described as nothing and those who worship them are deluded. The worthlessness of idols is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting the contrast between the true God and man-made objects of worship.<p><b>a work to be mocked</b><br>Idols are described as the work of human hands, crafted by artisans but lacking any divine power or life. This phrase suggests that idols are not only powerless but also deserving of ridicule. The mocking of idols is seen in passages like <a href="/1_kings/18-27.htm">1 Kings 18:27</a>, where Elijah mocks the prophets of Baal. The idea is that these idols, despite being revered by their makers, are ultimately laughable because they cannot act or respond. This reflects the biblical understanding that only God is worthy of worship and reverence.<p><b>In the time of their punishment</b><br>This phrase indicates a future time when the consequences of idolatry will be fully realized. The "time of their punishment" refers to the judgment that God will bring upon those who worship idols. Historically, this can be linked to the Babylonian exile, where the people of Judah faced the consequences of their unfaithfulness. The prophetic literature often speaks of a coming day of the Lord, a time of judgment and reckoning for sin, as seen in passages like <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>.<p><b>they will perish</b><br>The ultimate fate of idols and those who trust in them is destruction. This phrase underscores the temporary nature of idols and the futility of relying on them. In contrast, the God of Israel is eternal and unchanging. The perishing of idols is a theme that runs throughout the Bible, as seen in <a href="/psalms/115-8.htm">Psalm 115:8</a>, which states that those who make idols will become like them. This serves as a warning to the people to turn away from false gods and return to the worship of the one true God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of Judah and the coming of the New Covenant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a></b><br>The subject of Jeremiah's critique in this chapter, representing the false gods worshiped by the nations surrounding Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Jeremiah directed his prophecies, warning them against idolatry and urging them to return to the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The impending punishment for Judah's idolatry, which Jeremiah prophesied would come as a result of their unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>The surrounding peoples who worshiped idols, serving as a contrast to the people of God who were called to worship Yahweh alone.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idols are described as "worthless" and "a work to be mocked." This highlights the emptiness of trusting in anything other than God. Believers are called to examine their lives for modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-reliance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Judgment</a></b><br>The phrase "in the time of their punishment they will perish" serves as a reminder of God's justice. It encourages believers to live in a way that honors God, knowing that He will hold all accountable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_unchanging_nature_of_god.htm">The Unchanging Nature of God</a></b><br>Unlike idols, which are temporary and powerless, God is eternal and sovereign. This truth should lead to a deeper trust and reliance on Him in all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a></b><br>Jeremiah's message is a call to return to faithfulness to God. Believers are encouraged to remain steadfast in their devotion, resisting the cultural pressures to conform to idolatrous practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_voices.htm">The Role of Prophetic Voices</a></b><br>Jeremiah's boldness in speaking against idolatry serves as an example for believers to stand firm in truth and speak out against ungodliness in their own contexts.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_idols_in_jeremiah_10_conflict_with_other_texts.htm">Jeremiah 10:14-15: Does the portrayal of idols as complete falsehood conflict with other biblical texts that acknowledge spiritual powers behind foreign gods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jeremiah_10_8's_claim_on_wisdom_true.htm">Jeremiah 10:8: Is the accusation that the nations' wisdom is 'worthless' historically accurate considering other advanced civilizations of the time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_zech._1_14-15_align_with_other_biblical_judgments.htm">How does the promised divine judgment in Zechariah 1:14-15 align with or contradict other biblical accounts of God's dealings with foreign nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">The work of errors.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">a work of mockery, </span>i.e., <span class= "ital">worthy of that and of that only, </span>the word being apparently substituted, after Jeremiah's manner, for the technical word, not unlike in sound, which is translated "image work" in <a href="/2_chronicles/3-10.htm" title="And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.">2Chronicles 3:10</a>.<p><span class= "bld">In the time of their visitation.</span>--i.e., in the time when they are visited with punishment, as in <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm" title="Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.">1Peter 2:12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm" title="And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?">Isaiah 10:3</a>, and <a href="/luke/19-44.htm" title="And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone on another; because you knew not the time of your visitation.">Luke 19:44</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The very essence of idols is</span> <span class="cmt_word">vanity</span>; they are unreal as "a breath;" they are, not so much <span class="cmt_word">the work of errors</span> <span class="accented">as a work of mockery</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. not <span class="accented">opus rise dignum</span>, but a work which rewards the efforts bestowed upon its production by disappointment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֔מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are worthless,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶ֣בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a work</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be mocked.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ta‘·tu·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8595.htm">Strong's 8595: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fraud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">In the time</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their punishment,</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(pə·qud·dā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6486.htm">Strong's 6486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oversight, mustering, visitation, store</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will perish.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḇê·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Jeremiah 10:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 10:15 They are vanity a work of delusion: (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 10:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 10:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 10:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 10:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>