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 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”