“Hear the word
That Yahweh speaks to you!
O house of Israel!
Thus says Yahweh.
‘Do not learn
The ways of the nations!
Do not be dismayed
At the signs of the heavens!
The nations
Are dismayed at them.’”
Jeremiah and the house of Israel were told to listen to the word of Yahweh, God. They were not to learn the ways of other nations that followed the heavenly signs, a reference to the worship of stars, the moon, the sun, and comets. Many nations are dismayed by them, and thus worship them.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 