THEOSISJeremiah 10:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.
כְּתֹ֨מֶר מִקְשָׁ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ נָשׂ֥וֹא יִנָּשׂ֖וּא כִּ֣י לֹ֣א יִצְעָ֑דוּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔עוּ וְגַם־הֵיטֵ֖יב אֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 46:7They bear him on their shoulders and carry him, and set him in his place, and he shall stand, and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear: he shall not save them from tribulation.
- 1 Cor 12:2You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led.
- Ps 115 (113):5
- Ps 115 (113):8
- Isa 41:23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
- Isa 41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
- 1 Cor 8:4But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one.
- Isa 46:1Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.