Jeremiah 10
Revised Geneva Translation
10 Hear the Word of the LORD that He speaks to you, O House of Israel!
2 Thus says the LORD: “Do not learn the way of the heathen, and do not be afraid of the signs of Heaven, though the heathen are afraid of such.
3 “For the customs of the people are frivolous. For one cuts a tree out of the forest (which is the work of the hands of the carpenter) with the axe,
4 “and another decorates it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it does not fall.
5 “They stand up, as the palm tree, but do not speak. They are carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them! For they cannot do evil, nor can they do good.”
6 There is no one like You, O LORD! You are great, and Your Name great in power!
7 Who would not fear You, O King of Nations? It befits You. For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.
8 But altogether they dote and are foolish. Their wood is a doctrine of vanity.
9 Silver plates are brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the metalsmith, the blue silk and the purple their clothing. All these things are made by cunning men.
10 But the LORD, the God of Truth, He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At His anger the Earth shall tremble. And the nations cannot abide His wrath.
11 “Thus shall you say to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the Earth shall perish from the Earth, and from under these heavens.
12 ‘He has made the Earth by His power, and established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by His discretion.
13 ‘He gives, by voice, the multitude of waters in the heaven, and He causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the Earth. He turns lightnings to rain and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.’”
14 Every man is a beast by knowledge. Every metalsmith is confounded by the molten image. For his idol is but falsehood and there is no breath in it.
15 They are vanity, the work of errors. At the time of their reckoning they shall perish.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like them. For He is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. The LORD of Hosts is His Name.
17 Gather up your wares out of the land, O you who dwells in the strong place.
18 For thus says the LORD: “Behold, at this time I will throw as with a sling the inhabitants of the land and will trouble them. And they shall find it so.”
19 Woe is me for my destruction and my grievous plague! But I thought, “Still, it is my sorrow and I will bear it.”
20 My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to spread out my tent anymore, and to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become beasts and have not sought the LORD. Therefore, have they no understanding. And all the flocks of their pastures are scattered.
22 Behold, the noise of the report has come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of dragons.
23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself, nor is it in man to walk and to direct his steps.
24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment, not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out Your wrath upon the heathen who do not know You, and upon the families that do not call on Your Name. For they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
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