The “gods” of those nations are only statues\par made from gold and silver.\par They are only statues\par that some person made.\par
Jeremiah 10:3 - Easy To Read Version The customs of other people\par are worth nothing.\par Their idols are nothing but wood\par from the forest.\par Their idols are made by a worker\par with his chisel.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the customs and ordinances of the peoples are false, empty, and futile; it is but a tree which one cuts out of the forest [to make for himself a god], the work of the hands of the craftsman with the ax or other tool. American Standard Version (1901) For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. Common English Bible The rituals of the nations are hollow: a tree from the forest is chopped down and shaped by the craftsman’s tools. Catholic Public Domain Version For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. |
The “gods” of those nations are only statues\par made from gold and silver.\par They are only statues\par that some person made.\par
“You people have escaped from other nations. So gather together and come before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. These people pray to those useless gods. But the people don’t know what they are doing.
And I will announce my judgment\par against my people.\par I will do this because they are bad people\par and they have turned against me.\par My people left me.\par They offered sacrifices to other gods.\par They worshiped idols that they had made\par with their own hands.\par
All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish.\par Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.\par
Foreign idols don’t have the power\par to bring rain.\par The sky does not have the power\par to send showers of rain down.\par You are our only hope.\par You are the One who made all these things.”\par
Lord, you are my strength\par and my protection.\par You are a safe place to run to\par in time of trouble.\par The nations will come to you\par from all around the world.\par They will say,\par “Our fathers had false gods.\par They worshiped those worthless idols,\par but those idols did not help them at all.”\par
This is what the Lord says:\par “Do you think that I was not fair\par to your ancestors {\cf2\super [4]} ?\par Is that why they turned away from me?\par Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols,\par and they became worthless themselves.\par
Other people have done those terrible sins. But you must obey my laws! You must not do any of those terrible sins! Don’t make yourself filthy with those terrible sins! I am the Lord your God.”
“And when you pray, don’t be like those people that don’t know God. They continue saying things that mean nothing. Don’t pray like that. They think that God will hear them because of the many things they say.
But look at what this man Paul is doing! Listen to what he is saying! Paul has influenced and changed many people. He has done this in Ephesus and all over the country of Asia. {\cf2\super [391]} Paul says the gods that men make are not real.
People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.
You know that \{in the past\} you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that way of living. You were bought, but not with things that ruin like gold or silver.