Jeremiah 10:4

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 115:4

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Psalm 135:15

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Isaiah 44:12

The smith with the tongs both works in the coals and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.

Isaiah 46:6

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they fall down and worship it.

Isaiah 46:7

They lift it on the shoulder, they carry it, and they set it in its place, and it stands; from its place it does not move. If one shall cry to it, it cannot answer nor save him out of his trouble.

Hosea 13:2

And now they continue sinning and have made a cast image for themselves, idols of their silver, according to their understanding; all of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Those who sacrifice are kissing calves!”

Habakkuk 2:19

Woe to him who says to the wood, “Awake!” To the silent stone, “Arise!” Can it teach? It is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.