Jeremiah 10:11-23

English Standard Version

^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.