Jeremiah 10:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:19-20 : 19 A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it. 20 To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.
  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They help one another; one says to the other,‘Be strong!’ 7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”
  • Isa 44:12 : 12 A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
  • Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.
  • Ps 135:15 : 15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:3
    81%

    3For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

  • Jer 10:5
    78%

    5Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.”

  • Isa 40:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

    20To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

  • Isa 41:7
    75%

    7The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

  • Ps 74:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.

    6And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.

  • Ezek 15:3
    74%

    3Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

  • Ps 115:4
    73%

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

  • Jer 10:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

    9Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Ufaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers.

  • Exod 36:36
    72%

    36He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

  • Exod 26:32
    72%

    32You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.

  • Isa 46:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

  • Ps 135:15
    71%

    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

  • Isa 44:14
    71%

    14He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

  • Hab 2:19
    71%

    19Woe to the one who says to wood,‘Wake up!’– he who says to speechless stone,‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.

  • Isa 2:8
    71%

    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    71%

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

  • Exod 37:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

    4He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold,

  • Isa 10:15
    70%

    15Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

  • Exod 37:28
    70%

    28He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

  • Exod 30:5
    70%

    5You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

  • Ezek 7:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.

    20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images– their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.

  • Isa 22:25
    69%

    25“At that time,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

  • Exod 25:36
    69%

    36Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

  • Ps 115:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Exod 31:4
    69%

    4to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,

  • Exod 25:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

    13You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold,

  • Exod 37:22
    69%

    22Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

  • Isa 44:10
    69%

    10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

  • Isa 22:23
    69%

    23I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father’s family.

  • Exod 38:19
    69%

    19with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

  • Hos 8:4
    68%

    4The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

  • Exod 25:31
    68%

    31The Lampstand“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.

  • Exod 36:34
    68%

    34He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

  • Ps 135:18
    68%

    18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Exod 36:38
    68%

    38and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

  • Eccl 10:9
    68%

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Exod 25:28
    68%

    28You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

  • Jer 10:15
    68%

    15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Ezek 21:10
    68%

    10It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning!“‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

  • Exod 37:11
    68%

    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • Exod 37:15
    68%

    15He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

  • Dan 4:14
    68%

    14He called out loudly as follows:‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches!