(A)There is none like you, O Lord;
    you are great, and your name is great in might.
(B)Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
    For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms
    there is none like you.
(C)They are both (D)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!
(E)Beaten silver is brought from (F)Tarshish,
    and gold from (G)Uphaz.
(H)They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
    their clothing is violet and purple;
    (I)they are all the work of skilled men.
10 (J)But the Lord is the true God;
    (K)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

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

12 (N)It is he who (O)made the earth by his power,
    (P)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (Q)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

No one is like you,(A) Lord;
    you are great,(B)
    and your name is mighty in power.
Who should not fear(C) you,
    King of the nations?(D)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

They are all senseless(E) and foolish;(F)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(G)
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(H)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(I)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,(J) the eternal King.(K)
When he is angry,(L) the earth trembles;(M)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.(N)

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(O) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(P) the earth(Q) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(R)
    and stretched out the heavens(S) by his understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.