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NASB | Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool. |
Bible Question: Jeremiah 10:3-5 what does this mean to you |
Bible Answer: The word "customs" refers to the "images of wood," i.e., "idols." The word "people" refers to heathen nations. Thwe "vanity" addressed here, concerning the "cutting of the tree out of the forest," is meant by the Holy Spirit to portray the absurdity of thinkinking that something fashioned by the hands of man could be greater than the hands which fashioned it. This making of an idol is the same as described in Isa. 41:7 and 44:13-17, which could very well have been read by Jeremiah, with the Holy Spirit impressing him strongly to emphasize this great sin once more. Such does not show a weakness in the Text, but rather an emphasis placed by the Holy Spirit on that which He considers it to be very important, by all means,we should, as well! These passages are sometimes taken to mean the modern Christmas tree, but actually the tree referred to had no branches left on it at all. This refers to a tree trunk being made into an idol, not the Christmas tree These absurd man-made idols, which "speak not" and which have to be carried about because of having no mobility of their own, are not som ething to be "afraid of." They don't have the power to do "evil" or "good." Have a very Merry Christmas! John Ryals |
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