Jeremiah 10
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Jere 10:2
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Thus says the LORD, "Do 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;
Jere 10:3
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For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Jere 10:4
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"They decorate {it} with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.
Jere 10:5
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"Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good."
Jere 10:6
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There is none like You, O LORD; You are great, and great is Your name in might.
Jere 10:7
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Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
Jere 10:8
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But they are altogether stupid and foolish {In their} discipline of delusion--their idol is wood!
Jere 10:9
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Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men.
Jere 10:10
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But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Jere 10:11
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Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
Jere 10:12
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{It is} He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
Jere 10:13
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When He utters His voice, {there is} a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
Jere 10:14
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Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.
Jere 10:15
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They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Jere 10:16
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The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name.
Jere 10:17
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Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege!
Jere 10:18
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For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found."
Jere 10:19
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Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it."
Jere 10:20
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My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.
Jere 10:21
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For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.
Jere 10:22
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The sound of a report! Behold, it comes-- A great commotion out of the land of the north-- To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
Jere 10:23
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I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
Jere 10:24
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Correct me, O LORD, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Jere 10:25
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Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation.
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