Jeremiah 10 : 1 (LXXEN)
Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
Jeremiah 10 : 2 (LXXEN)
Thus saith the Lord, Learn ye not *Gr. according to the ways the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, falling on their faces.
Jeremiah 10 : 3 (LXXEN)
For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.
Jeremiah 10 : 4 (LXXEN)
They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
Jeremiah 10 : 5 (LXXEN)
they will set them up *Lit. and they shall not be moved that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver(10:5) They must certainly be borne, for they Gr. will not mount cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.
Jeremiah 10 : 9 (LXXEN)
brought from Tharsis, gold will come from Mophaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.
Jeremiah 10 : 11 (LXXEN)
Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.
Jeremiah 10 : 12 (LXXEN)
It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,
Jeremiah 10 : 13 (LXXEN)
and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.
Jeremiah 10 : 14 (LXXEN)
Every man *Or, too foolish to know is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10 : 15 (LXXEN)
They are vain works, *Or, worthy of wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10 : 16 (LXXEN)
Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is *sc. Jacob’s his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
Jeremiah 10 : 17 (LXXEN)
He has gathered thy substance from without the lodged in choice vessels.
Jeremiah 10 : 18 (LXXEN)
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.
Jeremiah 10 : 19 (LXXEN)
Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.
Jeremiah 10 : 20 (LXXEN)
Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, nor place for my curtains.
Jeremiah 10 : 21 (LXXEN)
For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.
Jeremiah 10 : 22 (LXXEN)
Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.
Jeremiah 10 : 23 (LXXEN)
I know, O Lord, that man’s way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.
Jeremiah 10 : 24 (LXXEN)
Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgement; and not in wrath, lest thou make us few.
Jeremiah 10 : 25 (LXXEN)
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the families that have not called upon thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.
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