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New King James Version

Jeremiah 10:1

Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Astrology;   The Topic Concordance - Hearing;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nation;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Idol, Idolatry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gods;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafṭarah;   Jeremiah, Epistle of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
Hear you the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Yisra'el:
King James Version
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
English Standard Version
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel.
New Century Version
Family of Israel, listen to what the Lord says to you.
Amplified Bible
Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
World English Bible
Hear you the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Listen to me, you people of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hear the word Adonai speaks to you, house of Isra'el!
Darby Translation
Hear the word that Jehovah speaketh unto you, house of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Family of Israel, listen to the Lord !
George Lamsa Translation
HEAR the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel:
Good News Translation
People of Israel, listen to the message that the Lord has for you.
Lexham English Bible
Hear the word that Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Literal Translation
Hear the Word which Jehovah speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare the worde of the LORDE, yt he speaketh vnto the, o thou house of Israel:
American Standard Version
Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel;
King James Version (1611)
Heare ye the word which the Lord speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto thee, O thou house of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
English Revised Version
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The hous of Israel, here ye the word which the Lord spak on you.
Update Bible Version
Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel:
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh to you, O house of Israel:
New English Translation
You people of Israel, listen to what the Lord has to say to you.
New Living Translation
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel!
New Life Bible
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear ye the word which Yahweh hath spoken unto you, O house of Israel: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
THE MESSAGE
Listen to the Message that God is sending your way, House of Israel. Listen most carefully: "Don't take the godless nations as your models. Don't be impressed by their glamour and glitz, no matter how much they're impressed. The religion of these peoples is nothing but smoke. An idol is nothing but a tree chopped down, then shaped by a woodsman's ax. They trim it with tinsel and balls, use hammer and nails to keep it upright. It's like a scarecrow in a cabbage patch—can't talk! Dead wood that has to be carried—can't walk! Don't be impressed by such stuff. It's useless for either good or evil."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. 4 They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple. 5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good." 6 Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You are great, and Your name is great in might), 7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You. 8 But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine. 9 Silver is beaten into plates; It is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the craftsman And of the hands of the metalsmith; Blue and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skillful men. 10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3397, bc 607, Jeremiah 2:4, Jeremiah 13:15-17, Jeremiah 22:2, Jeremiah 42:15, 1 Kings 22:19, Psalms 50:7, Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 28:14, Hosea 4:1, Amos 7:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Revelation 2:29

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:23 - in the manners Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the history [fn] of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 5:1
1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38">[xr] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 9:1
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Genesis 1:28">[fn]
Genesis 9:7
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it."
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
Matthew 1:1
Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chronicles 2:1-5; Luke 3:23-38">[xr] The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel. Or, "upon you"; or, "concerning you" k; it may design the judgment of God decreed and pronounced upon them; or the prophecy of it to them, in which they were nearly concerned; or the word of God in general, sent unto them by his prophets, which they were backward of hearing; and seems to refer particularly to what follows.

k עליכם "super vos", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "de vobis", Vatablus; "super vobis", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER X

The Jews, about to be carried into captivity, are here warned

against the superstition and idolatry of that country to which

they were going. Chaldea was greatly addicted to astrology, and

therefore the prophet begins with warning them against it,

1, 2.

He then exposes the absurdity of idolatry in short but elegant

satire; in the midst of which he turns, in a beautiful

apostrophe, to the one true God, whose adorable attributes

repeatedly strike in view, as he goes along, and lead him to

contrast his infinite perfections with those despicable

inanities which the blinded nations fear, 3-16.

The prophet again denounces the Divine judgments, 17, 18;

upon which Jerusalem laments her fate, and supplicates the

Divine compassion in her favour, 19-25.

NOTES ON CHAP. X

Verse Jeremiah 10:1. Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you — Dr. Dahler supposes this discourse to have been delivered in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim. It contains an invective against idolatry; showing its absurdity, and that the Creator alone should be worshipped by all mankind.


 
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