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Jeremiah 10 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Idols and the Living God

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:1 - Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus says the LORD:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[fn]
A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:4 - They decorate it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - Their idols[fn] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:6 - There is none like you, O LORD;
you are great, and your name is great in might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:7 - Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:8 - They are both stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz.
They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
they are all the work of skilled men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
and there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob,
for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
the LORD of hosts is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17 - Gather up your bundle from the ground,
O you who dwell under siege!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Woe is me because of my hurt!
My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 to spread my tent again
and to set up my curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the LORD;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
a great commotion out of the north country
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:23 - I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Correct me, O LORD, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
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Or vapor, or mist
Hebrew They
This verse is in Aramaic
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