Jeremiah 10:3 Meaning
For 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.
Context Explained
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.
5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Isaiah 44:9-20
Both passages critique the foolishness of idol-making and the vanity of such practices.
1 John 5:21
John warns believers to keep away from idols, echoing Jeremiah's condemnation of vain customs.
Source: Jeremiah 10:3