Jer 10:3-5 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. The customs of the people are vain ] chukkoth ; the statutes and principles of the science are vain, empty, and illusory. They are founded in nonsense, ignorance, idolatry, and folly. One cutteth a tree out of the forest ] , and "Isa 44:9" , &c., which are all parallel places and where this conduct is strongly ridiculed.

‏ Jeremiah 10:3-5

Verse 3. The customs of the people are vain] chukkoth; the statutes and principles of the science are vain, empty, and illusory. They are founded in nonsense, ignorance, idolatry, and folly.

One cutteth a tree out of the forest] See Clarke on Isa 40:19, and "Isa 44:9", &c., which are all parallel places and where this conduct is strongly ridiculed.

Verse 5. They are upright as the palm tree] As straight and as stiff as the trees out of which they are hewn.