Thus said GOD:Do not learn to go the way of the nations,And do not be dismayed by portents in the sky;Let the nations be dismayed by them!
Word-by-Word Analysis
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
אלדרך
255
הגוים
64
אלתלמדו
511
ומאתות
853
השמים
395
אלתחתו
845
כייחתו
454
הגוים
64
מהמה
90
Jeremiah 10:3
Gematria: 3047
כיחקותהעמיםהבלהואכיעץמיערכרתומעשהידיחרשבמעצד
For the laws of the nationsathe laws of the nations Emendation yields “the objects that the nations fear.” are delusions:For it is the work of a craftsman’s hands.He cuts down a tree in the forest with an ax,
Word-by-Word Analysis
כיחקות
544
העמים
165
הבל
37
הוא
12
כיעץ
190
מיער
320
כרתו
626
מעשה
415
ידיחרש
532
במעצד
206
Jeremiah 10:4
Gematria: 2013
בכסףובזהבייפהובמסמרותובמקבותיחזקוםולואיפיק
He adorns it with silver and gold,He fastens itbit Heb. “them.” with nails and hammer,So that it does not totter.
They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch,They cannot speak.They have to be carried,For they cannot walk.Be not afraid of them, for they can do no harm;Nor is it in them to do any good.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כתמר
660
מקשה
445
המה
50
ולא
37
ידברו
222
נשוא
357
ינשוא
367
כי
30
לא
31
יצעדו
180
אלתיראו
648
מהם
85
כילא
61
ירעו
286
וגםהיטיב
85
אין
61
אותםפ
527
Jeremiah 10:6
Gematria: 1289
מאיןכמוךיהוהגדולאתהוגדולשמךבגבורה
O ETERNAL One, there is none like You!You are great and Your name is great in power.
Who would not revere You, O Sovereign of the nations?For that is Your due,Since among all the wise of the nationsAnd among all their royaltyThere is none like You.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מי
50
לא
31
יראך
231
מלך
90
הגוים
64
כי
30
לך
50
יאתה
416
כי
30
בכלחכמי
130
הגוים
64
ובכלמלכותם
594
מאין
101
כמוך
86
Jeremiah 10:8
Gematria: 1402
ובאחתיבערוויכסלומוסרהבליםעץהוא
But they are both dull and foolish;[Their] doctrine is but delusion;c[Their] doctrine is but delusion Meaning of Heb. uncertain. It is a piece of wood,
Silver beaten flat, that is brought from Tarshish,And gold from Uphaz,The work of a craftsman and the goldsmith’s hands;Their clothing is blue and purple,All of them are the product of skilled workers.
dThis verse is in Aramaic. Thus shall you say to them: Let the gods, who did not make heaven and earth, perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כדנה
79
תאמרון
697
להום
81
אלהיא
47
דישמיא
365
וארקא
308
לא
31
עבדו
82
יאבדו
23
מארעא
312
ומןתחות
910
שמיא
351
אלהס
96
Jeremiah 10:12
Gematria: 3056
עשהארץבכחומכיןתבלבחכמתוובתבונתונטהשמים
[God] made the earth by might,Established the world by wisdom,And with understanding stretched out the skies.
When [God] bellows,eWhen [God] bellows Lit. “At the sound of His making.” There is a rumbling of water in the skies;Vapors rise from the end of the earth,Lightning accompanies the rain,And wind is brought forth from God’s treasuries.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לקול
166
תתו
806
המון
101
מים
90
בשמים
392
ויעלה
121
נשאים
401
מקצה
235
ארץ
291
הארץ
296
ברקים
352
למטר
279
עשה
375
ויוצא
113
רוח
214
מאצרתיו
747
Jeremiah 10:14
Gematria: 2943
נבערכלאדםמדעתהבישכלצורףמפסלכישקרנסכוולארוחבם
Every mortal is proved dull, without knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame because of the idol,For their molten images are a deceit—There is no breath in them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
נבער
322
כלאדם
95
מדעת
514
הביש
317
כלצורף
426
מפסל
210
כי
30
שקר
600
נסכו
136
ולארוח
251
בם
42
Jeremiah 10:15
Gematria: 2611
הבלהמהמעשהתעתעיםבעתפקדתםיאבדו
They are delusion, a work of mockery;In their hour of doom, they shall perish.
For thus said GOD: I will fling away the inhabitants of the land this time: I will harass them so that they shall feel it.gfeel it Emendation yields “have to leave.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כיכה
55
אמר
241
יהוה
26
הנני
115
קולע
206
אתיושבי
729
הארץ
296
בפעם
192
הזאת
413
והצרתי
711
להם
75
למען
190
ימצאוס
207
Jeremiah 10:19
Gematria: 2395
אויליעלשברינחלהמכתיואניאמרתיאךזהחליואשאנו
Woe unto me for my hurt,My wound is severe!I thought, “This is but a sicknessAnd I must bear it.”
My tents are ravaged,All my tent cords are broken.My children have gone forth from meAnd are no more;No one is left to stretch out my tentsAnd hang my tent cloths.
For the shepherdshshepherds I.e., rulers; cf. note at 2.8. are dullAnd did not seek GOD;Therefore they have not prosperedAnd all their flock is scattered.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations who have not heeded You,Upon the clans that have not invoked Your name.For they have devoured Jacob,Have devoured and consumed him,And have laid desolate his homesteads.