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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic

11 [a]Tell this to them: “The gods who[b] didn’t make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from these heavens.”

A Hymn of Praise to God

12 The Lord is[c] the one who made
    the world by his power,
who established the earth by his wisdom
    and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13 When his voice sounds there is thunder
    from the waters of heaven,
and he makes clouds rise up from
    the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
    and brings wind out of his storehouses.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic, the language the exiles would speak in Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 10:11 Lit. the one who
  3. Jeremiah 10:12 The Heb. lacks The Lord is