King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 10:8
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 10
Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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