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The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51.htm">New Living Translation</a> The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a> Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a> Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a> Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a> All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a> All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> All mankind is senseless, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image, For his molten images are a lie, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God]; Every goldsmith is shamed by the cast images he has made; For his molten idols are a lie, And there is no breath [of life] or spirit in them. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a> Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> People who make idols are stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods cannot breathe. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a> Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols. Their statues are false [gods]. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a> At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a> Everyone is stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his own idols, for his images are false, and there is no life in them. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a> All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a> “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Every man has been brutish by knowledge, "" Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved image, "" For his molten image [is] falsehood, "" And there is no breath in them. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image, And there is no breath in them. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Every man was brutish from knowledge; every founder was ashamed from his carved image: for his founding is a falsehood, and no spirit in them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a> Every man is stupid, ignorant; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He molds a fraud, without life-breath. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols; for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Every man is brutish, lacking knowledge; all silversmiths are put to shame by the images they have made; for they have cast falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Every man has gone astray from knowledge. All metal workers are put to shame by the fashioned images they have made, because they smelted a lie, and there is no spirit in them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Every man is proved to be brutish, for the knowledge-- Every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image-- That his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images: for they have cast false gods, there is no breath in them. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16002" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">A Song of Praise</a> …16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. 17<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: niḇ·‘ar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">is senseless</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: mid·da·‘aṯ (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">and devoid of knowledge;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: ṣō·rêp̄ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine.">goldsmith</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: hō·ḇîš (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">is put to shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: mip·pā·sel (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">by his idols.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/5262.htm" title="5262: nis·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A libation, a cast idol. Or necek; from nacak; a libation; also a cast idol.">his molten images</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: še·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">are a fraud,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">breath</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">in them.</a> 18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> 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. ... <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a> 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; ... <a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a> 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Isaiah 46:5-7</a> To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? / 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. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">Isaiah 40:18-20</a> To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / 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. <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18-19</a> 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.” <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Deuteronomy 4:28</a> And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">1 Kings 18:26-29</a> 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/41-6.htm">Isaiah 41:6-7</a> Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” / The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> 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. <a href="/2_kings/19-18.htm">2 Kings 19:18</a> They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a> Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.Every<a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14</a> Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.<a href="/psalms/14-2.htm">Psalm 14:2</a> The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.<a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Psalm 53:1,2</a> To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good… brutish by his knowledge.<a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14</a> Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.<a href="/jeremiah/50-2.htm">Jeremiah 50:2</a> Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.<a href="/psalms/135-17.htm">Psalm 135:17</a> They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Brutish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Devoid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-16.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Founder</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Goldsmith</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Gold-Worker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Image</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Images</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-27.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Refiner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Senseless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-2.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Stupid</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Brutish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Deceitful</a> <a href="/romans/10-19.htm">Devoid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-5.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">False.</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Founder</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Goldsmith</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-8.htm">Gold-Worker</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Image</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Images</a> <a href="/daniel/4-32.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/daniel/1-14.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Refiner</a> <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Senseless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-47.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-23.htm">Stupid</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a> 59. <a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a> 64. <a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/51.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; This phrase highlights the folly of humanity when it turns away from God. In the context of Jeremiah, the prophet is addressing the people of Babylon and their reliance on idols. The term "senseless" suggests a lack of spiritual discernment, echoing the wisdom literature, such as <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>, which states that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. The phrase underscores the biblical theme that true wisdom and understanding come from God alone, and without Him, human reasoning is futile.every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. The goldsmiths, skilled artisans of the time, are depicted as being humiliated by their creations. This reflects the cultural practice of idol-making in ancient Babylon, where craftsmen would fashion gods from precious metals. The shame comes from the realization that these idols, despite their outward beauty and craftsmanship, are powerless. This echoes <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-11</a>, where idol makers are similarly described as being put to shame. The futility of idol worship is a recurring theme in the prophets, emphasizing that only the Creator, not the created, is worthy of worship.For his molten images are a fraud, The term "fraud" indicates deception and falsehood. Molten images, often made from melted metals, were common in ancient Near Eastern religious practices. These images are described as fraudulent because they promise protection, guidance, and blessing but deliver none. This critique of idolatry is consistent with the biblical narrative that idols are mere human constructs, lacking any divine power or truth. The denunciation of idols as fraudulent is a call to recognize the one true God, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a>, which contrasts the lifelessness of idols with the living God.and there is no breath in them. This phrase emphasizes the lifelessness of idols. In the Hebrew Bible, "breath" (ruach) often signifies life and spirit, as seen in <a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a>, where God breathes life into Adam. By stating that there is no breath in idols, the text underscores their inability to impart life or respond to worshippers. This critique serves to highlight the contrast between the living God, who is active and life-giving, and the inert idols. The absence of breath in idols is a powerful reminder of their impotence and the futility of placing trust in anything other than God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of Judah and the surrounding nations, including Babylon. 2. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The empire that conquered Judah and Jerusalem, often symbolizing human pride and idolatry in the Bible. 3. <a href="/topical/g/goldsmiths.htm">Goldsmiths</a> Craftsmen who create idols from precious metals, representing human efforts to create and worship false gods. 4. <a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a> Objects made by human hands, worshipped as gods, but ultimately lifeless and powerless. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a> The event of God's righteous assessment and punishment of nations and individuals for their sins, particularly idolatry in this context.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_folly_of_idolatry.htm">The Folly of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is senseless because it places trust in lifeless objects rather than the living God. This reflects a lack of true knowledge and understanding of God's nature. <a href="/topical/t/the_shame_of_false_worship.htm">The Shame of False Worship</a> Those who create and worship idols will ultimately be put to shame, as their objects of worship are exposed as powerless and deceitful. <a href="/topical/t/the_breath_of_life.htm">The Breath of Life</a> Unlike idols, God is the source of life and breath. True worship should be directed towards Him, who is living and active. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_true_knowledge.htm">The Call to True Knowledge</a> Believers are called to seek true knowledge of God, which leads to wisdom and understanding, rather than the folly of idolatry. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual blindness and separation from God. Recognizing and turning away from modern forms of idolatry is crucial for spiritual health.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a> <a href="/q/what_are_biblical_garments_of_skin.htm">What is unknowingly worshiping according to the Bible?</a> <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> <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> <a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every man אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being is senseless נִבְעַ֤ר (niḇ·‘ar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish and devoid of knowledge. מִדַּ֔עַת (mid·da·‘aṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> Knowledge Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every goldsmith צֹרֵ֖ף (ṣō·rêp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6884.htm">Strong's 6884: </a> To smelt, refine, test is put to shame הֹבִ֥ישׁ (hō·ḇîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither by his idols, מִפָּ֑סֶל (mip·pā·sel) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> An idol, image for כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction his molten images נִסְכּ֖וֹ (nis·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> A libation, a cast idol are a lie, שֶׁ֥קֶר (še·qer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> Deception, disappointment, falsehood and [there is] no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no breath ר֥וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit in them. בָּֽם׃ (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Jeremiah 51:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:17 Every man is become brutish and (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:18" /></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>