Jeremiah 10:1 Hear8085 the word1697 which Yahweh3068 speaks1696 to you, house1004 of Israel!3478 cr 2 Thus says559 Yahweh,3068 "Don't learn3925 the way1870 of the nations,1471 and don't be dismayed2865 at the signs226 of the sky;8064 for the nations1471 are dismayed2865 at them.1992 cr 3 For the customs2708 of the peoples5971 are vanity;1892 for one cuts3772 a tree6086 out of the forest,3293 the work4639 of the hands3027 of the workman2796 with the axe.4621 cr 4 They deck3302 it with silver3701 and with gold;2091 they fasten2388 it with nails4548 and with hammers,4717 that it not move.6328 cr 5 They are like4749 a palm tree,8560 of turned work, and don't speak:1696 they must5375 be carried,5375 because they can't go.6805 Don't be afraid3372 of them; for they can't do evil,7489 neither is it in them to do good."3190 cr 6 There is none like you, Yahweh;3068 you are great,1419 and your name8034 is great1419 in might.1369 cr 7 Who should not fear3372 you, King4428 of the nations?1471 For it appertains2969 to you; because among all the wise2450 men of the nations,1471 and in all their royal estate,4438 there is none like you. cr 8 But they are together259 brutish1197 and foolish:3688 the instruction4148 of idols!6086 it is but a stock.6086 cr 9 There is silver3701 beaten into plates,7554 which is brought935 from Tarshish,8659 and gold2091 from Uphaz,210 the work4639 of the artificer2796 and of the hands3027 of the goldsmith;6884 blue8504 and purple713 for their clothing;3830 they are all the work4639 of skillful2450 men. cr 10 But Yahweh3068 is the true571 God;430 he is the living2416 God,430 and an everlasting5769 King:4428 at his wrath7110 the earth776 trembles,7493 and the nations1471 are not able to withstand3557 his indignation.2195 cr 11 You1836 shall say560 this to them: The gods426 that have not3809 made5648 the heavens8065 and the earth,778 these shall perish7 from the earth,772 and from under8460 the429 heavens.8065 cr 12 He has made6213 the earth776 by his power,3581 he has established3559 the world8398 by his wisdom,2451 and by his understanding2451 has he stretched out5186 the heavens:8064 cr 13 when he utters5414 his voice,6963 there is a tumult1995 of waters4325 in the heavens,8064 and he causes the vapors5387 to ascend5927 from the ends7097 of the earth;776 he makes6213 lightnings1300 for the rain,4306 and brings forth3318 the wind7307 out of his treasuries.214 cr 14 Every man120 has become brutish1197 and without knowledge;1847 every goldsmith6884 is disappointed3001 by his engraved image;6459 for his molten image5262 is falsehood,8267 and there is no breath7307 in them. cr 15 They are vanity,1892 a work4639 of delusion:8595 in the time6256 of their visitation6486 they shall perish.6 cr 16 The portion2506 of Jacob3290 is not like these; for he is the former3335 of all things; and Israel3478 is the tribe7626 of his inheritance:5159 Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 is his name.8034 cr 17 Gather up622 your wares3666 out of the land,776 you who live3427 under siege.4692 cr 18 For thus says559 Yahweh,3068 Behold, I will sling7049 out the inhabitants3427 of the land776 at this time,6471 and will distress6887 them, that they may feel4672 it. cr 19 Woe188 is me because of my hurt!7667 my wound4347 is grievous:2470 but I said,559 Truly389 this is my grief,2483 and I must bear5375 it. cr 20 My tent168 is destroyed,7703 and all my cords4340 are broken:5423 my children1121 are gone forth3318 from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread5186 my tent168 any more, and to set up6965 my curtains.3407 cr 21 For the shepherds7462 are become brutish,1197 and have not inquired1875 of Yahweh:3068 therefore they have not prospered,7919 and all their flocks4830 are scattered.6327 cr 22 The voice6963 of news,8052 behold, it comes,935 and a great1419 commotion7494 out of the north6828 country,776 to make7760 the cities5892 of Judah3063 a desolation,8077 a dwelling4583 place of jackals.8577 cr 23 Yahweh,3068 I know3045 that the way1870 of man120 is not in himself: it is not in man376 who walks1980 to direct3559 his steps.6806 cr 24 Yahweh,3068 correct3256 me, but in measure:4941 not in your anger,639 lest you bring me to nothing.4591 cr 25 Pour out8210 your wrath2534 on the nations1471 that don't know3045 you, and on the families4940 that don't call7121 on your name:8034 for they have devoured398 Jacob,3290 yes, they have devoured398 him and consumed3615 him, and have laid waste8074 his habitation.5116 cr