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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  1. 10:9 Or Ophir

There is no one like you, Lord.
    You are great, and your name is great and powerful.
Who wouldn’t fear you, king of the nations?
    This is what you deserve!
Indeed, among all the wise men of the nations,
    and throughout all their kingdoms,
        there is no one like you!
Everyone is stupid[a] and senseless.
    They follow worthless instruction
        from a piece of wood![b]
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
    and gold from Uphaz.
The idols are[c] the work of a craftsman[d]
    and of the hands of a goldsmith.
Their clothing is violet and purple.
    The idols[e] are all the work of skilled craftsmen.
10 The Lord is the true God;
    he’s the living God and the everlasting king.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:8 I.e. like a beast
  2. Jeremiah 10:8 Lit. it is worthless instruction from wood
  3. Jeremiah 10:9 Lit. It is
  4. Jeremiah 10:9 Or engraver; i.e. a wood carver
  5. Jeremiah 10:9 Lit. They