11 You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens(A) and the earth will perish from the earth(B) and from under these heavens.”[a]

12 He made the earth by His power,
established the world(C) by His wisdom,(D)
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.(E)
13 When He thunders,[b]
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,(F)
and He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This is the only Aram v. in Jr.
  2. Jeremiah 10:13 Lit At His giving of the voice

11 Thus[a] you shall say to them,

‘Gods who did not make the heavens and the earth
    will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
12 He is the maker of the earth by his power,
    who created the world by his wisdom,
    and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.
13 When he utters his voice[b] there is a noise of water in the heavens,
    and he causes the mist to rise from the ends[c] of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
    and he causes the wind to go out from his storehouses.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 Literally “Like this”
  2. Jeremiah 10:13 Literally “At the voice of his giving”
  3. Jeremiah 10:13 Hebrew “end”