Jeremiah 10:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the customsa 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. ”

Jeremiah 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The customs - Better, as the marg, “the ordinances,” established institutions, “of the peoples, i. e.” pagan nations.
Jeremiah 10:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the (b) 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. (b) Meaning not only in the observation of the stars, bu...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Folly of Idolatry, This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23-26 ) interrupts the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17 ; its denunciation of the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for go...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

customs . statutes, or ordinances. people . peoples. vain . a breath. one cutteth. tree . it [is only]. tree which one cutteth.
Jeremiah 10:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet seems to break off his subject, and even to reason inconclusively; for he had said in the last verse, “Learn not the rites of the Gentiles, and fear not the celestial signs;” and he...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The customs of the people are vain - חקות chukkoth; the statu...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The people— The nations.
Jeremiah 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. One cutteth a tree out of the forest. Maurer translates,...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. The folly of idolatry. This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For ( a ) it introduces a break in the sense; ( b ) there is less smoothness between the parts than we generall...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The customs of the people. — Better, ordinances of the peoples. The prophet is speaking, not of common customs, but of religious institutions, and of these as belonging, not to “the people,” i.e...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 10:1-16 THIS fine piece is altogether isolated from the surrounding context, which it interrupts in a very surprising manner....
Jeremiah 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Idolatry Jeremiah 10:1-10 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 Jeremiah 10:1...
Jeremiah 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third movement in the commissioning of the prophet. In it the sin of idolatry is first dealt with. The prophet revealed the unutterable folly of idolatry in a powerful contrast betwee...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is most striking sermon, and very highly finished, in which the Prophet, in the Lord's name, asserts his divine nature and sovereignty: and then displays the folly of idols. The words are so pla...
Jeremiah 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the customs of the people are vain ,.... Or, "their decrees", or "statutes" o, their determinations and conclusions, founded upon the observation of the stars; or, their "rites and ceremonies" p...
Jeremiah 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. For the customs of the people a are vain.] Their...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

One cutteth down a tree , &c. The prophet here exposes the folly of men's worshipping the work of their own hands, by arguments similar to those which are used by Isaiah 44:10-20 ; where see...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 606. 1 Hear ye the word which the...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The customs of the people are vain, i.e. such courses, institutions, idolatrous customs, and ceremonies as these, that many people follow, they are vain, and it is a foolish and wicked thing that a...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The House Of Israel Are Not To Learn The Way Of The Nations Because, While YHWH Is Great Beyond Describing, Their Idols Are Utterly Futile ( Jeremiah 10:1-16 ). This passage, in a sequence of vers...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . Section 1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig), its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:1-2 . Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the he...
Jeremiah 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:2 . Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; at the position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions, and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses,...
Jeremiah 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1-24 of this chapter, it was not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical book, its claims to the character of a S...
Jeremiah 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nothingness of Idols
Jeremiah 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:26-28 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; Habakkuk 2:18 ; Habakkuk 2:19 ; Hosea 8:4-6 ; Isaiah 40:19-31 ; Isaiah 44:9-20 ; Isaiah 45:20 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jeremiah 2:5 ; Leviticus 18:30 ; Matthew...

Jeremiah 10:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 10:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge