8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
8 But they are altogether
8 They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
8 Stupidly, they line them up - a lineup of sticks, good for nothing but making smoke.
8 But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
8 People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 10:8
Commentary on Jeremiah 10:1-16
(Read Jeremiah 10:1-16)
The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked customs of the heathen. Let us stand in awe, and not dare provoke God, by giving that glory to another which is due to him alone. He is ready to forgive, and save all who repent and believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. Faith learns these blessed truths from the word of God; but all knowledge not from that source, leads to doctrines of vanity.