Jeremiah 10:11

“Thus shall ye say unto them, etc.] The godly Jews to the idolatrous Chaldeans; and therefore this verse alone is written in the Chaldee language. The Targum prefaces it thus, “this is the copy of the letter, which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the rest of the elders of the captivity in Babylon; and if the people among whom you are should say unto you, serve idols, O house of Israel; then shall ye answer, and so shall ye say unto them, the idols whom ye serve are errors, in whom there is no profit; from heaven they cannot bring down rain, and out of the earth they cannot produce fruit:” so Jarchi observes: it follows in the text, the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they…”

“This verse is in Chaldee, Jeremiah supplying his countrymen with a formula of reply to Chaldee idolaters in the tongue most intelligible to the latter. There may be also derision intended in imitating their barbarous dialect. ROSENMULLER objects to this view, that not merely the words put in the mouths of the Israelites, but Jeremiah's own introductory words, "Thus shall ye say to them," are in Chaldee, and thinks it to be a marginal gloss. But it is found in all the oldest versions. It was an old Greek saying: "Whoever thinks himself a god besides the one God, let him make another world" (Psa 96:5). shall perish-- (Isa 2:18; Zac 13:2). these heavens--the speaker pointing to them with his…”

“This verse is (in the original) in Chaldee. It was probably a proverbial saying, which Jeremiah inserts in its popular form. return to 'Top of Page'”

“10:11 The pagan deities were not present at the creation of the heavens and earth, nor are they everlasting. • The original text of this verse is in Aramaic, perhaps indicating that it was a quotation of an Aramaic saying and that this passage was addressed to the exiles in Babylon, where Aramaic was spoken.”

“Thus: "In the Chaldean language." The gods. Psa 96:5 they: Jer 10:15, Jer 51:18; Isa 2:18; Zep 2:11; Zac 13:2; Rev 20:2 under: Lam 3:66 Jeremiah 10:12”