Jeremiah 10:14
Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image. And there is no breath in them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- צָרַףtsâraphto fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
- פֶּסֶלpeçelan idol
- נֶסֶךְneçeka libation; also a cast idol
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshto be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither
- דַּעַתdaʻathknowledge
- בָּעַרbâʻarto kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- שֶׁקֶרsheqeran untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 135:16–18, Psa 115:4–8, Isa 46:7–8, Hab 2:18–19, Isa 44:18–20, Rom 1:22–23, Jer 51:17–18, Isa 42:17