drb - Jeremiah:10:1-16

drb@Jeremiah:10:1 @Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.

drb@Jeremiah:10:2 @Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:

drb@Jeremiah:10:3 @For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

drb@Jeremiah:10:4 @He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

drb@Jeremiah:10:5 @They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

drb@Jeremiah:10:6 @There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might.

drb@Jeremiah:10:7 @Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

drb@Jeremiah:10:8 @They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

drb@Jeremiah:10:9 @Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers

drb@Jeremiah:10:10 @But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

drb@Jeremiah:10:11 @Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.

drb@Jeremiah:10:12 @He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

drb@Jeremiah:10:13 @At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.

drb@Jeremiah:10:14 @Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.

drb@Jeremiah:10:15 @They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

drb@Jeremiah:10:16 @The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.