10:8-10
The diatribe against idols and the worship thereof continues. “They are senseless and foolish”. In Rom 1:21 Pauls says “their thinking became futile”. This is what happens when men abandon the worship of God. All the idols were man-made, utterly dependent upon man for their existence, and incapable of any independent action or thought. They were just hunks of metal, wood and stone. In contrast, God is the true God, the living God, and the eternal king. He created all of us, we are dependent upon Him for our very existence. So we should worship the Lord, anything is foolishness. If there was any worshiping to be done regarding idols it is the idols who should worship us, not us them!
10:11-13
Jeremiah is to proclaim the truth to the people. “These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens”. In contrast, God did make the world, and He did so by His power and His wisdom. Everything in the earth was made by Him, and is sustained by Him.
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