Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 10
Chapter 10 of Jeremiah
¶ “1Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;
Because 3it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
They 5fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
And they 6cannot speak;
They must be 7carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they 8can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”
You are 10great, and great is Your name in might.
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the 13wise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
In their discipline of [b]delusion—[c]their idol is wood!
And 17gold from Uphaz,
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all the 18work of skilled men.
He is the 20living God and the 21everlasting King.
At His wrath the 22earth quakes,
And the nations cannot 23endure His indignation.
Who 27established the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has 28stretched out the heavens.
And He causes the 30clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the 31wind from His storehouses.
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his [f]idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
In the 34time of their punishment they will perish.
For the [g]36Maker of all is He,
And 37Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The 38LORD of hosts is His name.
You who dwell under siege!
¶ “Behold, I am 40slinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And will cause them distress,
That they may [h]be found.”
My 42wound is incurable.
But I said, “Truly this is a sickness,
And I 43must bear it.”
And all my ropes are broken;
My 45sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is 46no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.
And 47have not sought the LORD;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And 48all their flock is scattered.
A great commotion 50out of the land of the north—
To 51make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
53Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
Not with Your anger, or You will [j]bring me to nothing.
And on the families that 57do not call Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have 58devoured him and consumed him
And have laid waste his [k]habitation.FOOTNOTES
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