| Jer. 10:1 |
Hear the word which Jehovah speaks to you, O house of Israel. |
| Jer. 10:2 |
Thus says Jehovah, / 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. |
| Jer. 10:3 |
For the customs of the peoples are vanity, / Because [their god is] a tree cut from the forest, / The work of the hands of a craftsman with an ax. |
| Jer. 10:4 |
He adorns it with silver and with gold; / They fasten it with nails and hammers / So that it cannot totter. |
| Jer. 10:5 |
They are like a post in a cucumber field, / And they cannot speak; / They must be carried / Because they cannot walk. / Do not be afraid of them, / For they cannot do evil, / And neither is it in them to do good. |
| Jer. 10:6 |
There is none like You, O Jehovah; / You are great, / And Your name is great in might. |
| Jer. 10:7 |
Who would not fear You, / O King of the nations? / For it befits You, / For among all the wise of the nations / And in all their kingdoms / There is none like You. |
| Jer. 10:8 |
But they are altogether stupid and foolish; / The instruction of [their] idols is [mere] wood. |
| Jer. 10:9 |
Beaten silver / Is brought from Tarshish, / And gold from Uphaz, / The work of a craftsman / And of the hands of a goldsmith. / Their clothing is blue and purple; / All of them are the work of skillful men. |
| Jer. 10:10 |
But Jehovah is the true God; / He is the living God and the eternal King. / At His wrath the earth quakes, / And the nations cannot endure His indignation. |
| Jer. 10:11 |
Thus you shall say to them, The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth, these will perish from the earth and from under the heavens. |
| Jer. 10:12 |
It is He who made the earth by His power, / Who established the world by His wisdom, / And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens. |
| Jer. 10:13 |
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, / And He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth; / He makes lightning for the rain / And brings forth wind from His treasuries. |
| Jer. 10:14 |
Every man is stupid, without knowledge; / Every goldsmith is put to shame by [his] idol; / For his molten image is falsehood, / And there is no breath in them. |
| Jer. 10:15 |
They are vanity, the work of delusion; / At the time of their punishment they will perish. |
| Jer. 10:16 |
The Portion of Jacob is not like these; / For He is the One who formed everything, / And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; / Jehovah of hosts is His name. |
| Jer. 10:17 |
Gather up your bundle from the ground, / O inhabitant under siege. |
| Jer. 10:18 |
For thus says Jehovah, / I will sling out / The inhabitants of the land / At this time, / And I will bring distress on them, / That they may find [it.] |
| Jer. 10:19 |
Woe is me because of my hurt! / My wound is grievous. / But I said, Truly this is [my] affliction, / And I must bear it. |
| Jer. 10:20 |
My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; / My children have gone from me and they are not; / There is no one who will spread out my tent again / And set up my curtains. |
| Jer. 10:21 |
For the shepherds are stupid / And have not sought Jehovah; / Therefore they have not prospered, / And all their flock is scattered. |
| Jer. 10:22 |
The sound of a report! Here it comes, / Even a great commotion from the land of the north, / To make the cities of Judah / A desolation, a habitation of jackals. |
| Jer. 10:23 |
I know, O Jehovah, / That a man's way is not in himself; / It is not in the man who walks / To direct his step. |
| Jer. 10:24 |
Correct me, O Jehovah, but in measure, / Not in Your anger lest You bring me to nothing. |
| Jer. 10:25 |
Pour out Your wrath on the nations / Who do not know You / And upon the families / Who do not call upon Your name; / For they have devoured Jacob, yes, devoured him and brought him to an end, / And they have desolated his habitation. |