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Jeremiah 10:1

שִׁמְע֣וּ
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַדָּבָ֗ר
dâbâr
the — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
דִּבֶּ֧ר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
יְהוָ֛ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
בֵּ֥ית
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Jeremiah 10:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
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This idol satire pauses the book's accusations against Judah to mock the idols themselves - inert, man-made, and utterly unlike the living God just praised.

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Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
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