Discovery BoxJeremiah 10:14 
Context10:14 All these idolaters 1 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. 2
There is no breath in any of those idols. 3
Jeremiah 48:7
Context48:7 “Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches.
So you too will be conquered.
Your god Chemosh 4 will go into exile 5
along with his priests and his officials.
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.
4 sn Chemosh was the national god of Moab (see also Numb 21:29). Child sacrifice appears to have been a part of his worship (2 Kgs 3:27). Solomon built a high place in Jerusalem for him (1 Kgs 11:7), and he appears to have been worshiped in Israel until Josiah tore that high place down (2 Kgs 23:13).
5 sn The practice of carrying off the gods of captive nations has already been mentioned in the study note on 43:12. See also Isa 46:1-2 noted there.
