Stocks in Jeremiah
I went on a rabbit hole on the word ‘stocks’ in the Book of Jeremiah, chapter 3.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
In context, its disparaging idols by referring to them as utilitarian everyday objects and I had a vague recollection that in older English a stock could be an upright wooden object, like a post but more substantial–our only survival of which would be
I was on my phone, nothing serious. It turns out that other translations use the words tree, wood, or stocks, so not extremely helpful.
But while I was noodling around, I saw a translation of Jeremiah that put it in poetic lay out, something like this
In the lightness
of her whoredom she defiled
the land,
and committed adultery
with stones
and with stocks.
It was wonderful. But I can’t find it this morning. Anyone know of anything like that? It might have been a layout of the NIV but I am not sure.