“They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 10 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.