Jer.10.5

Jeremiah 10:5

KJV GOD

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.

The Sovereignty of God

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:2

KJV

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

Spiritual Gifts

1 Kings 18:26

KJV

And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and 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 upon the altar which was made.

Elijah on Mount Carmel

God or Baal on Mount Carmel

Psalm 115:5

KJV

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

To Your Name Be the Glory

Psalm 115:7

KJV

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

To Your Name Be the Glory

Isaiah 41:23

KJV GOD

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Meaningless Idols

Isaiah 41:24

KJV GOD

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Meaningless Idols

Isaiah 44:10

KJV

Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

The LORD Has Chosen Israel

The Folly of Idolatry

Isaiah 45:20

KJV GOD

¶ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

God Calls Cyrus

God’s Supreme Power

Isaiah 46:1

KJV

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

Babylon’s Idols

Isaiah 46:7

KJV GOD

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Babylon’s Idols

Jeremiah 10:14

KJV

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.