Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the
word which the
LORD speaketh unto you, O
house of
Israel: 2 Thus
saith the
LORD, Learn not the
way of the
heathen, and be not
dismayed at the
signs of
heaven; for the
heathen are
dismayed at
them. 3 For the
customs of the
people are
vain: for one
cutteth a
tree out of the
forest, the
work of the
hands of the
workman, with the
axe. 4 They
deck it with
silver and with
gold; they
fasten it with
nails and with
hammers, that it
move not.
5 They are
upright as the palm
tree, but
speak not: they must
needs be
borne, because they cannot
go. Be not
afraid of them; for they cannot do
evil, neither also is it in them to do
good.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O
LORD; thou art
great, and thy
name is
great in
might. 7 Who would not
fear thee, O
King of
nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the
wise men of the
nations, and in all their
kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are
altogether brutish and
foolish: the
stock is a
doctrine of
vanities. 9 Silver spread into
plates is
brought from
Tarshish, and
gold from
Uphaz, the
work of the
workman, and of the
hands of the
founder:
blue and
purple is their
clothing: they are all the
work of
cunning men.
10 But the
LORD is the
true God, he is the
living God, and an
everlasting king: at his
wrath the
earth shall
tremble, and the
nations shall not be able to
abide his
indignation. 11 Thus shall ye
say unto them, The
gods that have
not made the
heavens and the
earth, even they shall
perish from the
earth, and from
under these heavens. 12 He hath
made the
earth by his
power, he hath
established the
world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched
out the
heavens by his
discretion. 13 When he
uttereth his
voice, there is a
multitude of
waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the
vapours to
ascend from the
ends of the
earth; he
maketh lightnings with
rain, and bringeth
forth the
wind out of his
treasures. 14 Every
man is
brutish in his
knowledge: every
founder is
confounded by the graven
image: for his molten
image is
falsehood, and there is no
breath in them.
15 They are
vanity, and the
work of
errors: in the
time of their
visitation they shall
perish.
16 The
portion of
Jacob is not like them: for he is the
former of all things; and
Israel is the
rod of his
inheritance: The
LORD of
hosts is his
name. 17 Gather
up thy
wares out of the
land, O
inhabitant of the
fortress. 18 For thus
saith the
LORD, Behold, I will
sling out the
inhabitants of the
land at this
once, and will
distress them, that they may
find it so.
19 Woe is me for my
hurt! my
wound is
grievous: but I
said,
Truly this is a
grief, and I must
bear it.
20 My
tabernacle is
spoiled, and all my
cords are
broken: my
children are gone
forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch
forth my
tent any more, and to set
up my
curtains. 21 For the
pastors are become
brutish, and have not
sought the
LORD: therefore they shall not
prosper, and all their
flocks shall be
scattered.
22 Behold, the
noise of the
bruit is
come, and a
great commotion out of the
north country, to
make the
cities of
Judah desolate, and a
den of
dragons. 23 O
LORD, I
know that the
way of
man is not in himself: it is not in
man that
walketh to
direct his
steps. 24 O
LORD, correct me, but with
judgment; not in thine
anger, lest thou bring me to
nothing.
25 Pour
out thy
fury upon the
heathen that
know thee not, and upon the
families that
call not on thy
name: for they have eaten
up Jacob, and
devoured him, and
consumed him, and have made his
habitation desolate.