Jeremiah 10:1-9 ▼

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.