Jeremiah 10:8
Strong's Lexicon
But they are altogether
וּבְאַחַ֖ת (ū·ḇə·’a·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: 1) one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

senseless
יִבְעֲר֣וּ (yiḇ·‘ă·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1197: 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn v denom 2) to be stupid, brutish, barbarous 2a) (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive 2b) (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted 2c) (Piel) to feed, graze 2d) (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over

and foolish,
וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ (wə·yiḵ·sā·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3688: 1) (Qal) to be foolish, be stupid

instructed
מוּסַ֥ר (mū·sar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4148: 1) discipline, chastening, correction 1a) discipline, correction 1b) chastening

by worthless idols
הֲבָלִ֖ים (hă·ḇā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly

made of wood !
עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6086: 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

הֽוּא׃ ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

Young's Literal Translation
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are both stupid and  foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

New American Standard Bible
But they are altogether stupid and foolish [In their] discipline of delusion-- their idol is wood!

King James Bible
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

New Living Translation
People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

English Standard Version
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

New American Standard Bible
But they are altogether stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion-- their idol is wood!

King James Bible
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

International Standard Version
Everyone is stupid and senseless. They follow worthless instruction from a piece of wood!

NET Bible
The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

American Standard Version
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

English Revised Version
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols, it is but a stock.

Young's Literal Translation
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.
















Cross References
Isaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Jonah 2:8
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 10:7
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Jeremiah 10:6
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

Jeremiah 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
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