Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.Jeremiah 10:2 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