Jeremiah 10 : 1 (NLV)
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O people of Israel.
Jeremiah 10 : 2 (NLV)
The Lord says, "Do not learn the way of the nations. And do not be afraid of the things seen in the heavens, even if the nations are afraid of them.
Jeremiah 10 : 3 (NLV)
For the ways of the people are of no use. They cut wood from the trees. A workman cuts it with an ax.
Jeremiah 10 : 4 (NLV)
They make it beautiful with silver and gold. They put it together with nails so that it cannot fall apart.
Jeremiah 10 : 5 (NLV)
Their false gods are like a wooden man set up in a vegetable field to make birds be afraid and stay away. They cannot speak. They must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot hurt you. And they cannot help you."
Jeremiah 10 : 6 (NLV)
There is no one like You, O Lord. You are great, and Your name is great in power.
Jeremiah 10 : 7 (NLV)
Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For You should be honored with fear. Among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their lands, there is no one like You.
Jeremiah 10 : 8 (NLV)
They are all poor thinkers and foolish. What can they learn from a false god of wood?
Jeremiah 10 : 9 (NLV)
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of an able workman and of one who works with gold. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of able workmen.
Jeremiah 10 : 10 (NLV)
But the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and the King Who lives forever. The earth shakes at His anger. And the nations cannot last when He is angry.
Jeremiah 10 : 11 (NLV)
This is what you should say to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will be destroyed from the earth and from under the heavens."
Jeremiah 10 : 12 (NLV)
It is He Who made the earth by His power, and the world by His wisdom. By His understanding He has spread out the heavens.
Jeremiah 10 : 13 (NLV)
When He speaks, there is a storm of waters in the heavens. He makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 10 : 14 (NLV)
Every man is a poor thinker and without learning. Every one who works with gold is put to shame by his false gods. For his objects of worship fool people. There is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10 : 15 (NLV)
They are without worth, and make fun of the truth. In the time of their punishment, they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 10 : 16 (NLV)
He Who is the God of Jacob is not like these, for He has made all things. And Israel is His chosen family. The Lord of All is His name.
Jeremiah 10 : 17 (NLV)
Pick up your load from the ground, you who are shut in by armies!
Jeremiah 10 : 18 (NLV)
For the Lord says, "See, I am throwing out the people of the land at this time. And I will trouble them, that they may feel it."
Jeremiah 10 : 19 (NLV)
It is bad for me because I am hurt! My sore cannot be healed. But I said, "For sure this sickness is mine, and I must suffer with it."
Jeremiah 10 : 20 (NLV)
My tent is destroyed and all my ropes are broken. My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to put up my tent again or to set up my curtains.
Jeremiah 10 : 21 (NLV)
For the shepherds are poor thinkers and have not asked for the Lord's help. So they have not done well, and all their flock is sent different places.
Jeremiah 10 : 22 (NLV)
Listen, the sound of news! See, it comes! Much noise of moving is coming out of the land of the north to destroy the cities of Judah, and to make it a place where wild dogs live.
Jeremiah 10 : 23 (NLV)
O Lord, I know that a man's way is not known by himself. It is not in man to lead his own steps.
Jeremiah 10 : 24 (NLV)
Punish me when I need it, O Lord, but be fair. Do not punish me in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah 10 : 25 (NLV)
Pour out Your anger on the nations that do not know You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have destroyed Jacob. They have destroyed him and have laid waste his land.
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