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Jeremiah 10 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Idols and the True God
God and the Idol

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus says the LORD:

“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the peoples are futile;
For one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:4 - They decorate it with silver and gold;
They fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - They are upright, like a palm tree,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:6 - Inasmuch as 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 rightful due.
For among all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:8 - But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all the work of skillful 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 will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He has made the earth by His power,
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The LORD of hosts is His name.
The Coming Captivity of Judah

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17 - Gather up your wares from the land,
O inhabitant of the fortress!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus says the LORD:

“Behold, I will throw out at this time
The inhabitants of the land,
And will distress them,
That they may find it so.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Woe is me for my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I say, “Truly this is an infirmity,
And I must bear it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:20 - My tent is plundered,
And all my cords are broken;
My children have gone from me,
And they are no more.
There is no one to pitch my tent anymore,
Or set up my curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the LORD;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the north country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - O LORD, correct me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
Devoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Psalm 135:7
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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