NET Bible
"The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!"
— Jeremiah 10:8, NET Bible
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
“But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock. ”
“But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.”
“They shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.”
“But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.”
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.”
I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.
Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!
Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Ufaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers.
The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’