Jer 10:3-5, 11, 14-15, Hos 8:6, 1Cor 8:4, 10:19-20, 12:2, Gal 4:8 | ESV | STEP | for the customs of the peoples are vanity . A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman .

p[See ver. 5 above]

q[Mic. 1:6, 7]

s ch. 10:19; Isa. 41:24; [Acts 14:15]

t ver. 6; See Deut. 4:35, 39

uSee ch. 8:4

v Deut. 32:17

w Eph. 2:11, 12; [1 Pet. 4:3]; See ch. 6:11

x 1 Thess. 1:9

y Hab. 2:18, 19; [Ps. 115:5; Isa. 46:7; Jer. 10:5]

z 1 Cor. 1:21; 1 Thess. 4:5; 2 Thess. 1:8; 1 John 4:8

aa[Eph. 2:11, 12; 1 Thess. 1:9]

ab 2 Chr. 13:9; Isa. 37:19; Jer. 2:11; 5:7; 16:20; [1 Cor. 8:4]

Jeremiah 10:3-5

3 ^afor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ^{▼▼Or vapor, or mist}
^cA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 ^dThey decorate it with silver and gold;
^ethey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols ^{▼▼Hebrew They} are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ^gthey cannot speak;
^hthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
ⁱfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”

Jeremiah 10:11

11 Thus shall you say to them: ^j“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth ^kshall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” ^{▼▼This verse is in Aramaic}

Jeremiah 10:14-15

14 ^mEvery man is stupid and without knowledge;
ⁿevery goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
^oand there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Hosea 8:6

6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
^pThe calf of Samaria
^qshall be broken to pieces. ^{▼▼Or shall go up in flames}

1 Corinthians 8:4

4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that ^s“an idol has no real existence,” and that ^t“there is no God but one.”

1 Corinthians 10:19-20

19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that ^uan idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^vthey offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

1 Corinthians 12:2

2 You know that ^wwhen you were pagans ^xyou were led astray to ^ymute idols, however you were led.

Galatians 4:8

Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

8 Formerly, when you ^zdid not know God, you ^aawere enslaved to those that by nature ^abare not gods.