Jeremiah:10:1-16

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* Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you , O house of Israel . * So says the LORD , Do not learn the way of the nations , and do not be terrified at the signs of the heavens ; for the nations are terrified at them . * For the customs of the people [are ] vain ; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the axe , the work of the hands of the workman . * They adorn it with silver and with gold ; they fasten it with nails and hammers , so that it will not wobble . * They [are ] like a rounded post , and they cannot speak . They must surely be lifted , because they cannot walk . Do not be afraid of them ; for they cannot do evil nor good , for it is not in them . * [There is ] none like You , O LORD ; You [are ] great , and Your name [is ] great in might . * Who would not fear You , O King of nations ? For fear belongs to You , because among all the wise men of the nations , and in all their kingdoms , [there is ] none like You . * But they are all at once foolish and animal-like ; the tree [is ] an example of vanities . * Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish , and gold from Uphaz , the work of the workman , and of the hands of the goldsmith . Violet and purple [is ] their clothing ; they [are ] all the work of skillful ones . * 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 stand His fury . * So you shall say to them , The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth , they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens . * He has made the earth by His power ; He has established the world by His wisdom , and has stretched out the heavens by His judgment . * When He utters His voice , [there is ] a noise of many waters in the heavens . He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth ; He makes lightnings with rain , and brings forth the wind out of His treasures . * Every man is stupid for [lack of ] knowledge ; every refiner is put to shame by the graven image ; for his molten image is a lie , and no breath is in them . * They [are ] vanity , the work of delusion ; in the time of their judgment they shall perish . * The Portion of Jacob [is ] not like them ; for He [is ] the Maker of all things ; and Israel [is ] the rod of His inheritance . Jehovah of hosts [is ] His name .

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