Text -- Jeremiah 10:14 (NET)

10:14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 10:14

¹ tn Heb “Every man.” But in the context this is not a reference to all people without exception but to all idolaters. The referent is made explicit for the sake of clarity.

² tn Or “nothing but a phony god”; Heb “a lie/falsehood.”

³ tn Heb “There is no breath in them.” The referent is made explicit so that no one will mistakenly take it to refer to the idolaters or goldsmiths.