Cross References For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. Acts 19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul, by persuasion hath drawn away a great multitude, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying: they are not gods which are made by hands. Psalm 115:4 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. Isaiah 44:9 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed. Isaiah 44:12 The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary. Jeremiah 1:16 And I will pronounce my judgments against them, touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, and have adored the work of their own hands. Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things. Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. customs. Jeremiah 10:8 They shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Leviticus 18:30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God. 1 Kings 18:26-28 And they took the bullock, which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made. . . . Matthew 6:7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God or given thanks: but became vain in their thoughts. And their foolish heart was darkened. 1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers: one. Isaiah 40:19 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? Isaiah 44:9-20 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed. . . . Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save. Hosea 8:4-6 They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish. . . . Habakkuk 2:18,19 What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols. . . . Context The Sovereignty of God…2Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: 3For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.4He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.… Lexicon Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the customs חֻקּ֥וֹת (ḥuq·qō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute of the peoples הָֽעַמִּ֖ים (hā·‘am·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock are worthless; הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory they cut down כְּרָת֔וֹ (kə·rā·ṯōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a tree עֵץ֙ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood from the forest; מִיַּ֣עַר (mî·ya·‘ar) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb it is shaped מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property with a chisel בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃ (bam·ma·‘ă·ṣāḏ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4621: An axe by the hands יְדֵ֥י־ (yə·ḏê-) Noun - fdc Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand of a craftsman. חָרָ֖שׁ (ḥā·rāš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2796: A fabricator, any material Additional Translations For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image. For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan; For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, Jump to Previous Artizan Ax Axe Craftsman Customs Cut Cuts Cutteth Cutting Delusion False. Foolish Forest Hands Peoples Shapes Tool Tree Vain Vanity Wood Woods Work Worked Workman WorthlessJump to Next Artizan Ax Axe Craftsman Customs Cut Cuts Cutteth Cutting Delusion False. Foolish Forest Hands Peoples Shapes Tool Tree Vain Vanity Wood Woods Work Worked Workman WorthlessExternal Links Jeremiah 10:3 NIVJeremiah 10:3 NLT Jeremiah 10:3 ESV Jeremiah 10:3 NASB Jeremiah 10:3 ASV Jeremiah 10:3 Bible Apps Jeremiah 10:3 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 10:3 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 10:3 French Bible Jeremiah 10:3 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are Because chisel craftsman customs cut cutting delusion For forest from hands his is it of out peoples shapes the they tool tree with wood work worthless OT Prophets: Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the peoples (Jer.) 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