What does Jeremiah 10:2 mean?

Jeremiah 10:2 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Jeremiah 10:2 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

1Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

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