Jeremiah 10:15

Verse 15 of 25. The 10th of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.

11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

14Every 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.

15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

17Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

18For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

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Jeremiah 10:15 in the World English Bible

They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:15

They are vanity, and the work of errors, v. 15. Enquire into the use of them and you will find they are vanity; they are good for nothing; no help is to be expected from them nor any confidence put in them. They are a deceitful work, works of illusions, or mere mockeries; so some read the following clause. They delude those that put their trust in them, make fools of them, or, rather, they make fools of themselves.

Read Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:1–16: Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. (b. c. 606.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.