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

12 But God made(B) the earth(C) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(D)
    and stretched out the heavens(E) by his understanding.
13 When he thunders,(F) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning(G) with the rain(H)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of 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