Jeremiah 10:15

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They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

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  • Isa 41:24 : 24 Look, you are nothing, and your works are less than nothing; anyone who chooses you is an abomination.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it is You, LORD our God. Therefore, we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
  • Jer 51:18 : 18 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
  • Zech 13:2 : 2 On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. Moreover, I will eliminate the false prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
  • Isa 2:18-21 : 18 The idols will completely vanish. 19 People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, fleeing from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth. 20 On that day, people will throw away their silver idols and their gold idols, which they made to worship, to the moles and bats. 21 They will go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts of the crags, hiding from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they do not feel any shame. They do not even know how to blush. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. At the time of their punishment, they will stumble, says the LORD.
  • Jer 8:19 : 19 Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: 'Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they provoked me to anger with their idols, with their worthless foreign gods?
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'
  • Isa 41:29 : 29 Behold, all of them are worthless; their works are nothing; their metal idols are wind and emptiness.
  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They made Me jealous with something that is not God; they provoked Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 Do not turn aside, for you would be following things that are worthless and cannot benefit or deliver you, for they are meaningless.
  • Acts 14:15 : 15 They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'
  • Zeph 1:3-4 : 3 I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, along with the ruins and the wicked. I will remove mankind from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration. 4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every remnant of Baal from this place, the names of the pagan priests along with the priests.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 51:17-18
    2 verses
    97%

    17Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

    18They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

  • 29Behold, all of them are worthless; their works are nothing; their metal idols are wind and emptiness.

  • Isa 44:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

    9All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.

    10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?

    11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen are mere men. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will be terrified and put to shame together.

  • 14Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by their idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

  • 8They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.

  • Ps 135:15-18
    4 verses
    77%

    15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

    16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

    18Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.

  • 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

  • Ps 115:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

    8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

  • 8Their land is filled with idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, to what their fingers have made.

  • 20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

  • 16They will all be ashamed and humiliated, all of them will walk in disgrace—the makers of idols.

  • 14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.

  • 13Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?

  • 18Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish.

  • 24Look, you are nothing, and your works are less than nothing; anyone who chooses you is an abomination.

  • 18What profit is an idol when its maker has carved it, or a cast image that teaches falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own creation to make worthless idols that cannot speak.

  • 18The idols will completely vanish.

  • 19They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

  • Hos 10:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.

    2Their hearts are divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will tear down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

  • 31Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.

  • 11Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'

  • 20Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

  • 20They took pride in the beauty of their jewelry and made it into images of their detestable idols. Therefore, I will make it a thing of uncleanness for them.

  • 5Because they do not consider the works of the LORD or the deeds of his hands, he will tear them down and never rebuild them.

  • 33So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

  • 29The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

  • 3For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

  • 6They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is the declaration of the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and they hope to fulfill their words.

  • 7For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

  • Isa 40:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17Before Him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by Him as worthless and less than nothing.

    18To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

  • 17They will be turned back; they will be utterly ashamed—those who trust in carved idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods.'

  • 18They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone.

  • 9Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

  • 2For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.

  • 29Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance by exposing your transgressions for all to see—your sins revealed in all your actions—because you have been brought to mind, you will be captured.

  • 6This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria.

  • 10Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

  • 8They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they regard what their fingers have made, neither the Asherim nor the incense altars.

  • 6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 3Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, like dew that vanishes early, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and like smoke escaping through a window.

  • 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.