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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Hear the word that Jehovah has spoken against YOU people, O house of Israel.
  2. This is what Jehovah has said: “Do not learn the way of the nations at all,1 and do not be struck with terror even at the signs of the heavens, because the nations are struck with terror at them.2
  3. For the customs[a] of the peoples3 are just an exhalation, because it is a mere tree4 out of the forest that one has cut down, the work of the hands of the craftsman with the billhook.5
  4. With silver and with gold one makes it pretty.6 With nails and with hammers they fasten them down, that none may reel.7
  5. They are like a scarecrow of a cucumber field, and cannot speak.8 Without fail they are carried, for they cannot take any steps.9 Do not be afraid because of them, for they can do nothing calamitous and, what is more, the doing of any good is not with them.”10
  6. ¶ In no way is there anyone like you, O Jehovah.11 You are great, and your name is great in mightiness.12
  7. Who should not fear you,13 O King of the nations,14 for to you it is fitting; because among all the wise ones of the nations and among all their kingships there is in no way anyone like you.15
  8. And at one and the same time they prove to be unreasoning and stupid.16 A tree is a mere exhortation of vanities.17
  9. Silver beaten into plates is what is brought in even from Tarʹshish,18 and gold from Uʹphaz,[b]19 the workmanship of a craftsman and of the hands of a metalworker; their clothing is blue thread and wool dyed reddish purple. They are all the workmanship of skilled people.20
  10. ¶ But Jehovah is in truth God.[c]21 He is the living God22 and the King to time indefinite.23 Because of his indignation the earth will rock,24 and no nations will hold up under his denunciation.25
  11. This is what YOU men will say to them: “The gods[d]26 that did not make the very heavens and the earth are the ones who will perish from the earth27 and from under these heavens.”[e]
  12. He[f] is the Maker of the earth by his power,28 the One firmly establishing the productive land[g] by his wisdom,29 and the One who by his understanding stretched out the heavens.30
  13. At [his] voice there is a giving by him of a turmoil of waters in the heavens,31 and he causes vapors[h] to ascend from the extremity[i] of the earth.32 He has made even sluices[j] for the rain,33 and he brings forth the wind[k] from his storehouses.34
  14. ¶ Every man[l] has behaved so unreasoningly as not to know.35 Every metalworker will certainly feel shame because of the carved image;36 for his molten image is a falsehood,37 and there is no spirit[m] in them.38
  15. They are vanity,[n] a work of mockery.39 In the time of their being given attention they will perish.40
  16. ¶ The Share of Jacob41 is not like these things, for he is the Former of everything,42 and Israel is the staff[o] of his inheritance.43 Jehovah of armies is his name.44
  17. ¶ Gather up from the earth your pack load,45 O woman dwelling under stress.46
  18. For this is what Jehovah has said: “Here I am slinging out the inhabitants of the earth[p] on this occasion,47 and I will cause them distress in order that they may find out.”48
  19. ¶ Woe to me on account of my breakdown!49 My stroke has become sickish.[q] And I myself have said: “Surely this is my sickness, and I shall carry it.50
  20. My own tent has been despoiled, and my own tent cords have all been torn in two.51 My own sons have gone forth from me, and they are no more.52 There is no one stretching out my tent anymore or raising up my tent cloths.
  21. For the shepherds have behaved unreasoningly,53 and they have not looked even for Jehovah.54 That is why they have not acted with insight, and all their pastured animals have been scattered.”55
  22. ¶ Listen! A report! Here it[r] has come, also a great pounding from the land of the north,56 in order to make the cities of Judah a desolate waste, the lair of jackals.57
  23. ¶ I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man[s] his way does not belong. It does not belong to man[t] who is walking even to direct his step.58
  24. Correct me, O Jehovah, however with judgment;59 not in your anger,60 that you may not reduce me to nothing.61
  25. Pour out your rage upon the nations62 who have ignored you,[u]63 and upon the families who have not called even upon your name.64 For they have eaten up Jacob.65 Yes, they have eaten him up, and they keep at exterminating him;66 and his abiding place they have desolated.67

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “statutes.” Sy, “objects of fear; idols.”
  2. ^ “Uphaz,” MVg; TThSy, “Ophir.”
  3. ^ “Is in truth God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ ʼemethʹ.
  4. ^ “The gods.” Aram., ʼela·hai·yaʼʹ. This entire vs is written in Aram.
  5. ^ “Heavens.” Aram., shemai·yaʼʹ.
  6. ^ “He,” MVg; LXXSy, “Jehovah.”
  7. ^ “Productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbem, “circle,” that is, of the earth.
  8. ^ Or, “vaporous clouds.”
  9. ^ See 25:31, 33 ftns.
  10. ^ “Sluices,” by reading beda·qimʹ instead of bera·qimʹ, “lightnings”; MTLXXSyVg, “lightnings.” See JTS, Vol. 3, 1952, pp. 214-216. Compare Ps 135:7 ftn, “Sluices.”
  11. ^ “Wind.” Heb., ruʹach; Lat., venʹtum; Gr., phos, “light.”
  12. ^ “Man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
  13. ^ Or, “breath.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tus.
  14. ^ Or, “an exhalation.”
  15. ^ Or, “tribe.” Heb., sheʹvet.
  16. ^ Or, “land.”
  17. ^ Or, “chronic; incurable.”
  18. ^ “It,” fem. sing., referring to the “report.”
  19. ^ “To earthling man.” Heb., la·ʼa·dhamʹ.
  20. ^ “Not belong to man.” Heb., loʼ-leʼishʹ.
  21. ^ Or, “who have not come to know you.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 18:3; 20:23; De 12:30
  2. ^ Is 47:13
  3. ^ Le 18:30
  4. ^ Is 40:20
  5. ^ Is 44:14; 45:20; Hab 2:18
  6. ^ Ps 115:4; 135:15; Is 40:19; Ho 13:2
  7. ^ Is 41:7; 46:7
  8. ^ Ps 115:5; 135:16; Is 46:7; Hab 2:19; 1Co 12:2
  9. ^ Ps 115:7; Is 46:1, 7
  10. ^ Is 41:23; 44:9; 45:20; 1Co 8:4
  11. ^ Ex 15:11; 2Sa 7:22; Ps 86:8
  12. ^ Ne 4:14; 9:32; Ps 48:1; 145:3; Je 32:18
  13. ^ Jb 37:24; Lu 12:5; Re 15:4
  14. ^ Ps 22:28; 93:1; Re 11:17
  15. ^ Ps 89:6; Da 4:35
  16. ^ Ps 115:8; Is 41:29; Je 51:17; Hab 2:18; Zc 10:2; Ro 1:22
  17. ^ Is 44:19
  18. ^ 1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21
  19. ^ Da 10:5
  20. ^ Ps 115:4
  21. ^ Ps 31:5
  22. ^ Jos 3:10; Da 6:26; Jn 6:57; 2Co 6:16; 1Th 1:9
  23. ^ Ps 10:16; Da 4:3; Hab 1:12; Re 15:3
  24. ^ Na 1:5
  25. ^ Ps 76:7; 90:11; Jl 2:11
  26. ^ Ps 96:5
  27. ^ Is 2:18; Je 51:18; Zp 2:11; Zc 13:2
  28. ^ Ge 1:1; Jb 38:4; Ps 89:11; Is 40:28; Je 51:15; Ac 14:15; Re 4:11
  29. ^ Ps 24:2; 93:1; Pr 3:19; Is 45:18
  30. ^ Jb 9:8; Ps 104:2; 136:5; Is 40:22; 42:5; 45:12; Zc 12:1
  31. ^ Jb 37:2; 38:34, 36; Ps 18:13; 68:33
  32. ^ Jb 36:27; Ps 135:7
  33. ^ Jb 38:25; Is 45:8; Je 51:16; Zc 10:1
  34. ^ Ge 8:1; Ex 14:21; Nu 11:31; Ps 107:25; 147:18; Jon 1:4
  35. ^ Ps 92:6
  36. ^ Ps 97:7; Is 42:17; 44:11
  37. ^ Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4
  38. ^ Ps 135:17; Je 51:17
  39. ^ Is 41:29
  40. ^ Je 51:18
  41. ^ Ps 16:5; 73:26; 119:57; 142:5
  42. ^ Is 45:7
  43. ^ De 32:9; Ps 74:2; 135:4
  44. ^ Is 47:4; Je 51:19
  45. ^ Eze 12:3
  46. ^ Mc 2:10
  47. ^ De 28:63; 1Sa 25:29; Je 16:13
  48. ^ Je 23:20; Eze 6:10
  49. ^ Je 4:19; 8:21; La 2:11
  50. ^ Mc 7:9
  51. ^ Je 4:20; La 2:4
  52. ^ Je 31:15
  53. ^ Ps 94:8; Je 5:31; 12:10
  54. ^ Je 2:8; 8:9
  55. ^ Je 23:1; Eze 34:5
  56. ^ Je 1:15; 4:6; 6:22; Hab 1:6
  57. ^ Je 9:11
  58. ^ Ps 17:5; 37:23; Pr 16:3; 20:24; Je 17:9
  59. ^ Ps 6:1; Je 30:11
  60. ^ Ps 38:1
  61. ^ Is 40:23
  62. ^ Ps 9:17; 79:6; Is 34:2
  63. ^ Jb 18:21; 1Th 4:5; 2Th 1:8; Re 16:1
  64. ^ Zp 1:6
  65. ^ Ps 79:7; Je 51:34
  66. ^ Is 10:22
  67. ^ Je 8:16; La 2:22

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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