Jeremiah 10:14

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 

Ps 14:2; Ps 92:6; Ps 94:8; Ps 97:7; Ps 115:4-8; Ps 135:16-18; Pr 30:2; Isa 42:17; Isa 44:11; Isa 44:18-20; Isa 45:16; Isa 46:7,8; Jer 10:8; Jer 51:17,18; Jer 51:17; Hab 2:18,19; Ro 1:22,23

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.