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Jeremiah 10:11

In this manner you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Earth;   God;   Heaven/the Heavens;   Idolatry;   Perishing;   Power;   Wisdom;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aram;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Idol, Idolatry;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chaldee Language;   Creation;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chaldaea;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aramaic;   Hebrew;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Language of Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aramaic;   Bible,;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bi'ble;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language;   Bible, the;   Gods;   Languages of the Old Testament;   Make;   Targum;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Alenu;   Aramaic Language among the Jews;   Hebrew Language;   Jeremiah, Epistle of;   Judaism;   Monotheism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
Hebrew Names Version
Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the eretz, these shall perish from the eretz, and from under the heavens.
King James Version
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
English Standard Version
Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
New American Standard Bible
This is what you shall say to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
New Century Version
"Tell them this message: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth; they will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.'"
World English Bible
Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
Berean Standard Bible
Thus you are to tell them: "The gods that did not make heaven or earth will perish from this earth and from under these heavens."
Contemporary English Version
You told me to say that idols did not create the heavens and the earth, and that you, the Lord , will destroy every idol.
Complete Jewish Bible
"This is what you must say to them: ‘The gods that did not make heaven and earth will perish from earth and from under heaven.'"
Darby Translation
Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "Tell them this message: ‘These false gods did not make heaven and earth. They will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.'"
George Lamsa Translation
Thus shall you say to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
Good News Translation
(You people must tell them that the gods who did not make the earth and the sky will be destroyed. They will no longer exist anywhere on earth.)
Lexham English Bible
"Thus you shall say to them, ‘Gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
Literal Translation
So you shall say to them, The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for their goddes, it maye well be sayde of the: they are goddes, that made nether heaue ner earth: therfore shal they perish fro the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen.
American Standard Version
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Bible in Basic English
This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus shall ye say unto them: 'The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.'
King James Version (1611)
Thus shal ye say vnto them, The Gods that haue not made the heauens, & the earth, euen they shall perish from the earth, & from vnder these heauens.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[As for their gods] thus shall you say to them, they are no gods that made neither heauen nor earth, therfore shall they perishe from the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.
English Revised Version
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thus ye schulen seie to hem, Goddis that maden not heuene and erthe, perische fro erthe, and fro these thingis that ben vndur heuene.
Update Bible Version
Thus you shall say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus shall ye say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
New English Translation
You people of Israel should tell those nations this: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.'
New King James Version
Thus you shall say to them: "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
New Living Translation
Say this to those who worship other gods: "Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens."
New Life Bible
This is what you should say to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will be destroyed from the earth and from under the heavens."
New Revised Standard
Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.
Revised Standard Version
Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
Young's Literal Translation
Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
THE MESSAGE
"Tell them this, ‘The stick gods who made nothing, neither sky nor earth, Will come to nothing on the earth and under the sky.'" But it is God whose power made the earth, whose wisdom gave shape to the world, who crafted the cosmos. He thunders, and rain pours down. He sends the clouds soaring. He embellishes the storm with lightnings, launches wind from his warehouse. Stick-god worshipers looking mighty foolish, god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods! Their gods are frauds—dead sticks, deadwood gods, tasteless jokes. When the fires of judgment come, they'll be ashes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."

Contextual Overview

1Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the [pagan] nations, And do not be terrified and distressed by the signs of the heavens Although the pagans are terrified by them; 3For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool. 4"They adorn the idol with silver and with gold; They fasten it with hammers and nails So that it will not fall apart. 5"They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field; They cannot speak; They have to be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not be afraid of them, For they can do no harm or evil, Nor can they do any good." 6There is none like You, O LORD; You are great, and great is Your mighty and powerful name. 7Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For it is appropriate and it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You. 8But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]! 9Silver that has been beaten [into plates] is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the craftsman and of the hand of the goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men. 10But the LORD is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thus: "In the Chaldean language." The gods. Psalms 96:5

they: Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 51:18, Isaiah 2:18, Zephaniah 2:11, Zechariah 13:2, Revelation 20:2

under: Lamentations 3:66

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - the Genesis 31:30 - my gods Exodus 23:13 - make no mention Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Lord Deuteronomy 7:24 - their name Judges 6:31 - if he be 1 Samuel 5:4 - the head 2 Samuel 4:11 - from 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know 1 Chronicles 16:26 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Ezra 1:2 - Lord God Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Job 9:8 - Which Psalms 19:1 - The heavens Psalms 24:2 - For Psalms 135:5 - I know Psalms 146:6 - made heaven Psalms 148:5 - for he Isaiah 37:19 - no gods Isaiah 40:26 - who hath Isaiah 51:13 - that hath Jeremiah 27:5 - made Jeremiah 32:17 - thou Hosea 2:17 - and they John 1:10 - and the world was Acts 7:50 - General Acts 14:15 - which Acts 17:24 - that made Acts 19:26 - that they Hebrews 11:3 - faith Revelation 4:11 - for thou Revelation 10:5 - lifted

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:
Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].
Numbers 24:22
"Nevertheless the Kenites will be consumed. How long will Asshur (Assyria) keep you (Israel) captive?"
Numbers 24:24
"But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And shall afflict Asshur (Assyria) and Eber; So they (the victors) also will come to destruction."
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.
Ezra 4:2
they came to Zerubbabel [who was now governor] and to the heads of the fathers' households and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we seek your God [and worship] just as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."
Psalms 83:8
Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.
Ezekiel 27:23
"Haran and Canneh and Eden [in Mesopotamia], the merchants of Sheba [on the Euphrates], Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
Ezekiel 32:22
"Assyria is there with all her warriors; their graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus shall ye say unto them,.... The godly Jews to the idolatrous Chaldeans; and therefore this verse alone is written in the Chaldee language. The Targum prefaces it thus,

"this is the copy of the letter, which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the rest of the elders of the captivity in Babylon; and if the people among whom you are should say unto you, serve idols, O house of Israel; then shall ye answer, and so shall ye say unto them, the idols whom ye serve are errors, in whom there is no profit; from heaven they cannot bring down rain, and out of the earth they cannot produce fruit:''

so Jarchi observes: it follows in the text,

the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens; which the Targum paraphrases thus,

"they and their worshippers shall perish from the earth, and shall be consumed from under these heavens.''

The words may be considered as a prediction that so it would be; or as an imprecation that so it might be, and be read, "let the gods", c. and considered either way, being put into the mouth of the godly Jews in Babylon, to be openly pronounced by them in the midst of idolaters, and in answer to them, when they should be enticed to idolatry, show how open and ingenuous men should be in the profession of the true God, and his religion and worship: and it may be observed, against the deniers of the true deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, that if he is not that God that made the heavens and the earth, he lies under this imprecation or prediction.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse is (in the original) in Chaldee. It was probably a proverbial saying, which Jeremiah inserts in its popular form.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 10:11. Thus shall ye say unto them — This is the message you shall deliver to the Chaldean idolaters.

The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish] Both they and their worshippers shall be destroyed; and idolatry shall finally be destroyed from the earth; and the heavens shall look no more on so great an abomination. It is suffered for a while: but in the end shall be destroyed. This verse is written in a sort of Hebraeo-Syriaco-Chaldee; such a dialect as I suppose was spoken at that time in Babylon, or during the captivity. As it is a message to the Babylonians, therefore, it is given in their own language. The Chaldee makes it the beginning of the copy of the epistle which the Prophet Jeremiah sent to the rest of the elders of the captivity who were in Babylon. All the ancient Versions acknowledge this verse; and it is found in all MSS. hitherto collated, except one of Dr. Kennicott's numbered 526; and he has included it between lines, as doubting its authenticity. Dr. Blayney supposes that some public teacher during the captivity, deducing it by direct inference from the prophet's words, had it inserted in the margin, and perhaps usually read together with this section, in the assemblies of the people, in order that they might have their answer always ready, whenever they were molested on the point of religion, or importuned to join the idolatrous worship of the Chaldeans.

Dahler has left it entirely out of the text, and introduces it in a note thus: - "After Jeremiah 10:10 the Hebrew text is interrupted by a verse written in the Chaldean or Babylonish tongue. It is thus expressed: -

Ye shall say unto them, Let the gods perish!

Who have not made the heavens and the earth.

Let them be banished from above the earth,

and from under the heavens.


This verse can be considered only as a foreign insertion, not only on account of the difference of the language, but also because it interrupts the natural course of the ideas, and of the connexion of the tenth and twelfth verses."

As a curiosity I shall insert it in Hebrew, which the reader may compare with the Chaldee text, which I also subjoin.

כזאת תאמרו להם האלהים אשר לא עשו השמים והארץ יאבדו מן הארץ ומן תחת השמים אלה

cazoth tomeru lahem; haelohim asher lo asu hashshamayim vehaarets, yobedu min haarets, umin tachath hashshamayim elleh.


כדנא תאמרון להון אלהיא די שמיא וארקא לא עבדו יאבדו מארעא ומן תחות שמיא אלה

kidna temerun lehon; elahaiya di shemaiya vearka la abadu, yebadu meara umin techoth shemaiya elleh.


The Hebrew is the translation of Leusden; the Chaldee is that of the common text. Had not all the ancient Versions acknowledged it, I also, principally on account of the strangeness of the language, as being neither Chaldee nor Syriac, should have doubted its authenticity.


 
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