Jeremiah 10:1-16 ▼

1 Hear the word, O house of Israel, || That YHWH has spoken for you.

2 Thus said YHWH: “Do not accustom yourselves to the way of the nations, || And do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, || For the nations are frightened by them.

3 For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, || For one has cut a tree from a forest, || Work of the hands of a craftsman, with an axe,

4 They beautify it with silver and with gold, || They fix it with nails and with hammers, || And it does not stumble.

5 They [are] stiff as a palm, and they do not speak, || They are surely carried, for they do not step, || Do not be afraid of them, for they do no evil, || Indeed, to do good is also not in them.”

6 Because there is none like You, O YHWH, || You [are] great, and Your Name [is] great in might.

7 Who does not fear You, King of the nations? For it is befitting to You, || For among all the wise of the nations, || And in all their kingdom, there is none like You.

8 And as one they are brutish and foolish, || An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.

9 Spread-out silver is brought from Tarshish, || And gold from Uphaz, || Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, || Their clothing [is] blue and purple, || Work of the skillful—all of them.

10 And YHWH [is] a God of truth, || He [is] a living God, and a perpetual King, || The earth shakes from His wrath, || And nations do not endure His indignation.

11 Thus you say to them, “The gods who have not made the heavens and earth, || They perish from the earth, || And from under these heavens.”

12 The Maker of the earth by His power, || The Establisher of the world by His wisdom, || Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens—

13 When He gives forth His voice, || A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, || And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, || He has made lightnings for rain, || And brings out wind from His treasures.

14 Every man is brutish by knowledge, || Every refiner is put to shame by a carved image, || For his molten image [is] false. And there is no breath in them.

15 They [are] vanity, work of erring ones, || They perish in the time of their inspection.

16 The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, || For He [is] the Framer of all things, || And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.