11 Thus shall you say to them: (A)“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth (B)shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[a]

12 (C)It is he who (D)made the earth by his power,
    (E)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (F)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
13 (G)When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
    (H)and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
(I)He makes lightning (J)for the rain,
    (K)and he brings forth the wind (L)from his storehouses.
14 (M)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
    (N)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
    (O)and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
    at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16 Not like these is he who is (P)the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
(Q)and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    (R)the Lord of hosts is his name.

17 (S)Gather up your bundle from the ground,
    O you who dwell under siege!
18 For thus says the Lord:
(T)“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
    at this time,
(U)and I will bring distress on them,
    that they may feel it.”

19 Woe is me because of my hurt!
    (V)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
    and I must bear it.”
20 (W)My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    (X)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and (Y)to set up my curtains.
21 (Z)For the shepherds (AA)are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    (AB)and all their flock is scattered.

22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
    (AC)a great commotion out of the north country
to make (AD)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    (AE)a lair of jackals.

23 (AF)I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
    that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 (AG)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
    not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

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