Jeremiah 10:1-7 ▼

1 Hear the word that YHWH speaks to you?, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says YHWH: “Upon the way of the nations do not train; and do not be dismayed from the signs of the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity! For one cuts down a tree from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman, with the ax.

4 They decorate it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not totter.

5 They are like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, and they do not speak; They must be carried, because they can not step. You should not be afraid of them, for they can do no harm, and also to do good is not in them.”

6 There is none like You, O YHWH! You are great, and great is Your name in might.

7 Who does not fear You O King of the nations? Indeed, it is fitting for you! Because among all the wise ones of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, is none like You.