Jeremiah 10:8

“But they are altogether brutish and foolish, etc.] In comparison of the Lord, there is no knowledge and wisdom in them, this is a certain fact; they are verily brutish and foolish; or they are one and all so, there is not a wise man among them: or, “in one thing they are brutish”f210, etc.; namely, in their idolatry; however wise they may be in other respects, in this they are foolish: or, to give no more instances of their brutishnessf211 and folly, this one is sufficient, even what follows, the stock is a doctrine of vanities; or what they teach persons, as to worship the trunk of a tree, or any idol of metal, or of wood, is a most vain and foolish thing, and argues gross stupidity and…”

“altogether--rather, "all alike" [MAURER]. Even the so-called "wise" men (Jer 10:7) of the Gentiles are on a level with the brutes and "foolish," namely, because they connive at the popular idolatry (compare Rom 1:21-28). Therefore, in Daniel and Revelation, the world power is represented under a bestial form. Man divests himself of his true humanity, and sinks to the level of the brute, when he severs his connection with God (Psa 115:8; Jon 2:8). stock is a doctrine of vanities--The stock (put for the worship of all idols whatever, made out of a stock) speaks for itself that the whole theory of idolatry is vanity (Isa 44:9-11). CASTALIO translates, "the very wood itself confuting the vanity"…”

“Brutish - Jeremiah 10:21 and foolish Theirs was the brutishness of men in a savage state, little better than mere animals: their folly that of stupidity. The stock ... - Rather, the instruction of idols is a piece of wood. That is what they are themselves, and “ex nihilo nihil fit” (from nothingness, nothing is made). return to 'Top of Page'”

“altogether: Heb. in one, or at once brutish: Jer 10:14, Jer 51:17, Jer 51:18; Psa 115:8, Psa 135:18; Isa 41:29; Hab 2:18; Zac 10:2; Rom 1:21, Rom 1:22 the stock: Jer 2:27; Isa 44:19; Hos 4:12 Jeremiah 10:9”