Sunday, November 5, 2023

Jeremiah 10:14

A couple months ago, I went over Jeremiah 10:14 in the weekend edition of the Daily Dose of Hebrew:


In the ESV, this is "Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them."

I think it may be significant that the word אָדָם is used rather than אִישׁ.  Both mean man, but אָדָם is related to אֲדָמָה, which means ground or soil, so there may be a slightly disparaging tone here, as if to say that the man who makes idols is like dirt.