Jeremiah 10:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But they are altogetherb brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. ”

Jeremiah 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brutish - Jeremiah 10:21 and foolish Theirs was the brutishness of men in a savage state, little better than mere animals: their folly that of stupidity. The stock ... - Rather, the instruc...
Jeremiah 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But they are altogether senseless and foolish: the stock [is] a (e) doctrine of vanities. (e) Because the people thought that to have images was a means to serve God, and to bring them to the knowle...
Jeremiah 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shews here, in one sentence, that the wisest in the whole world could be proved guilty of the greatest madness, or of a twofold folly, because they willingly worshipped the trunks o...
Jeremiah 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. The stock is a doctrine of vanities - Dr. Blayney translates, - "The wood itself is a rebuker of vanities." The ver...
Jeremiah 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But they are altogether brutish, &c.— But they are altogether foolish, and have received the instruction of those which are nothing but wood. Houb. The stock is a doctrine of vanities —...
Jeremiah 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. They are altogether - rather, all alike (Maurer). Brutish - even the so-called "wise" men ( Jeremiah 10:7...
Jeremiah 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Altogether. — Literally, in one, probably in the sense in one word, in one fact, sc., that which follows in the next clause. The stock is a doctrine of vanities. — Better, inverting the subj...
Jeremiah 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they are altogether brutish and foolish ,.... In comparison of the Lord, there is no knowledge and wisdom in them, this is a certain fact; they are verily brutish and foolish; or they are one an...
Jeremiah 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities. Ver. 8. But they are altogether brutish and foolish. ] The wise men are, for that, when they knew there was but...
Jeremiah 10:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But they are altogether brutish Or, all alike brutish. They that make images, saith the psalmist, Psalms 115:8 , are like unto them , equally stupid and insensible. The stock is a doctrine of...
Jeremiah 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They are altogether brutish: the awe that the idol doth impress upon carnal men's minds, and thereby taking them off from a due apprehension of the essence of God, doth keep them between such hope...
Jeremiah 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nothingness of Idols
Jeremiah 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:18 ; Hosea 4:12 ; Isaiah 41:29 ; Isaiah 44:19 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Jeremiah 2:27 ; Jeremiah 51:17 ; Jeremiah 51:18 ; Psalms 115:8 ; Psalms 135:18 ; Romans 1:21 ; Romans 1:22 ; Z...

Jeremiah 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge