Jeremiah 10:15

15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

Jeremiah 10:15 in Other Translations

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

15 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

15 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

15 deadwood gods, tasteless jokes. When the fires of judgment come, they'll be ashes.

15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 10:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:15

They are vanity
They are the fruit of the vain imagination of men; to worship them shows the vanity of the human mind; and they are vain things to trust to: and the work of errors;
of erroneous men, and which lead men into errors; and are worthy to be laughed at, as the Targum paraphrases it. In the time of their visitation they shall perish;
or in the time that I shall visit upon them their sins, as the Targum; that is, when Babylon should be destroyed by the Medes and Persians, as Kimchi interprets it; when their idols were destroyed also; see ( Isaiah 46:1 ) .

Jeremiah 10:15 In-Context

13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the people of his inheritance— the LORD Almighty is his name.

17 Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 41:24; S Jeremiah 14:22