“Everyone is stupid
Without knowledge.
Goldsmiths are put to shame
By their idols.
Their images are false.
There is no breath in them.
They are worthless.
They are a work of delusion.
At the time of their punishment,
They shall perish.
Not like these is Yahweh.
He is the portion of Jacob.
He formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of his inheritance.
Yahweh of hosts is his name.”
Jeremiah contends that the idols are useless because the people who made them were stupid without any kind of knowledge. These goldsmiths will be put to shame because they have created false images without any breath in them. They are worthless works of delusion that will perish at the time of punishment. Yahweh, on the other hand, has formed all things. His portion and inheritance is the tribe of Jacob or Israel. He, of course, is called Yahweh of hosts.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 