Jeremiah 10:4

New International Reader's Version

Others decorate it with silver and gold. They use a hammer to nail it to the floor. They want to keep it from falling down.

Cross References

Psalm 115:4

But the statues of their gods are made out of silver and gold. They are made by human hands.

Psalm 135:15

The statues of the nations’ gods are made out of silver and gold. They are made by human hands.

Isaiah 44:12

A blacksmith gets his tool. He uses it to shape metal over the burning coals. He uses his hammers to make a statue of a god. He forms it with his powerful arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He doesn’t drink any water. He gets weaker and weaker.

Isaiah 46:6

Some people pour out gold from their bags. They weigh out silver on the scales. They hire someone who works with gold to make it into a god. They bow down to it and worship it.

Isaiah 46:7

They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place, and there it stands. It can’t move from that spot. Someone might cry out to it. But it does not answer. It can’t save them from their troubles.

Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more. They use their silver to make statues of gods for themselves. The statues come from their own clever ideas. Skilled workers make all of them. The people pray to these gods. They offer human sacrifices to them. They kiss the gods that look like calves.

Habakkuk 2:19

How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They say to a wooden god, ‘Come to life!’ They say to a stone god, ‘Wake up!’ Can those gods give advice? They are covered with gold and silver. They can’t even breathe.”