Lord, there is no one like you.(A)
You are great;
your name is great in power.(B)
Who should not fear you,
King of the nations?(C)
It is what you deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like you.
They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish(D)
and gold from Uphaz.[a](E)
The work of a craftsman
and of a goldsmith’s hands
is clothed in blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
10 But the Lord is the true God;(F)
he is the living God(G) and eternal King.(H)
The earth quakes at his wrath,(I)
and the nations cannot endure his fury.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:9 Or Ophir

There is none like you, O Yahweh,
    you are great and your name is great in might.
Who would not revere you, O king of the nations?
    For you it is fitting.
For among all the wise men of the nations,
    and in all their kingdoms,[a]
    there is none like you.
At the same time[b] they are stupid and foolish,
    in the instruction of idols, it is wood.
Silver beaten from Tarshish is brought,
    and gold from Uphaz,
the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith.
Blue and purple are their clothing,
    all of them are the work of skillful people.
10 But Yahweh is the true God,
    he is the living God,
    and an everlasting king.[c]
Because of his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:7 Hebrew “kingdom”
  2. Jeremiah 10:8 Literally “And in one”
  3. Jeremiah 10:10 Literally “a king of eternity”