But they are altogether (A)dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a [a]worthless doctrine.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:8 vain teaching

For the (A)idols[a] speak delusion;
The diviners envision (B)lies,
And tell false dreams;
They (C)comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like (D)sheep;
They are [b]in trouble (E)because there is no shepherd.

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  1. Zechariah 10:2 Heb. teraphim
  2. Zechariah 10:2 afflicted

18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?

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14 (A)Everyone is (B)dull-hearted, without knowledge;
(C)Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
(D)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.

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29 (A)Indeed they are all [a]worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.

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  1. Isaiah 41:29 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Syr., Tg. nothing; LXX omits first line

(A)Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools,

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12 My people ask counsel from their (A)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (B)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.

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  1. Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod

17 (A)Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
(B)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
18 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:22 foolish

27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a (A)stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their (B)trouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’

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19 And no one (A)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

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18 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

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