Jeremiah 10:1-7 ▼

1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel;

2 thus saith the LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, And be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; For the nations are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; For it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, The work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

4 They deck it with silver and with gold, They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, and speak not; They must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, Neither is it in them to do good.

6 There is none like unto Thee, O LORD; Thou art great, and Thy name is great in might.

7 Who would not fear Thee, O king of the nations? For it befitteth Thee; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royalty, There is none like unto Thee.