Jer 10:14, 13:25 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 14. Every man is brutish ] nibar , is a boor, acts as a brute, who may suppose that a stock of a tree , formed like a man , may be an intellectual being; and therefore shuns the form as though it had life . See . Of which verses, by the way, Dr. Blayney gives the following version to correct that of Bishop Lowth :- Verse 10. Who hath formed a god? Or set up a graven image that profiteth not? 11. Behold, all that are connected with it shall be ashamed, And the artificers, they above all men! They shall assemble all of them; they shall stand forth; They shall fear; they shall be ashamed at the same time. "That is, while they stand before the image they have set up, and worship it with a religious dread , the glaring absurdity of their conduct shall lead to their shame and disgrace ." With due deference to this learned man, I think this interpretation too refined.

‏ Jeremiah 10:14

Verse 14. Every man is brutish] nibar, is a boor, acts as a brute, who may suppose that a stock of a tree, formed like a man, may be an intellectual being; and therefore shuns the form as though it had life. See Isa 44:10, 11. Of which verses, by the way, Dr. Blayney gives the following version to correct that of Bishop Lowth:-

Verse 10. Who hath formed a god?

Or set up a graven image that profiteth not?

11. Behold, all that are connected with it shall be

ashamed,

And the artificers, they above all men!

They shall assemble all of them; they shall stand

forth;

They shall fear; they shall be ashamed at the same

time.

"That is, while they stand before the image they have set up, and worship it with a religious dread, the glaring absurdity of their conduct shall lead to their shame and disgrace." With due deference to this learned man, I think this interpretation too refined.

‏ Jeremiah 13:25

Verse 25. Trusted in falsehood.] In idols, and in lying prophets.