Traditions We Do Not Even Realize Are Traditions, thinking they are Scriptural or at least derived from Scripture.
Jeremiah 10.1. Listen! Obey the word which He has given to you! The LORD* speaks to you, O House of Israel, 2. thus says the LORD*,
Do not learn the way of the nations! Do not be dismayed at the signs from heaven! For the nations are dismayed at them. 3. For the customs of the people are vain, for it is just a tree which one cuts out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax. 4. They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so it will not move. 5. They are a palm-like pillar of turned work and do not speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be awed by them! For they cannot do evil nor can they do good.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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