Jeremiah 10:2
Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations, and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by these.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- חָתַתchâthathproperly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figurati
- אוֹתʼôwtha signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence,
- לָמַדlâmadproperly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lev 20:23, Lev 18:3, Ezk 20:32, Luk 21:25–28, Deu 12:30–31, Isa 47:12–14