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Thus says the Lord:

Do not adopt the ways of the nations
    or become frightened at the signs in the heavens,[a]
    even though the nations are terrified of them.
For the carved images of the nations are powerless;
    they are nothing more than wood cut from a forest,
fashioned with a knife by craftsmen
    and embellished with silver and gold.
Then they are fastened with hammers and nails
    to prevent them from toppling.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:2 Signs in the heavens: the allusion is to horoscopes based on the stars.

This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations(A)
    or be terrified by signs(B) in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman(C) shapes it with his chisel.(D)
They adorn it with silver(E) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.(F)

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