Jeremiah:10:1-16

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* Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you , O house of Israel . * Thus says the LORD : "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles ; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven , For the Gentiles are dismayed at them . * For the customs of the peoples are futile ; For one cuts a tree from the forest , The work of the hands of the workman , with the ax . * They decorate it with silver and gold ; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple . * They are upright , like a palm tree , And they cannot speak ; They must be carried , Because they cannot go by themselves . Do not be afraid of them , For they cannot do evil , Nor can they do any good ." * Inasmuch as 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 the nations ? For this is Your rightful due . For among all the wise men of the nations , And in all their kingdoms , There is none like You . * But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish ; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine . * Silver is beaten into plates ; It is brought from Tarshish , And gold from Uphaz , The work of the craftsman And of the hands of the metalsmith ; Blue and purple are their clothing ; They are all the work of skillful men . * But the LORD is the true God ; He is the living God and the everlasting King . At His wrath the earth will tremble , And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation . * Thus you shall say to them : "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth 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 at His discretion . * When He utters His voice , There is a multitude of waters in the heavens : "And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth . He makes lightning for the rain , He brings the wind out of His treasuries ." * Everyone is dull-hearted , without knowledge ; Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image ; For his molded image is falsehood , And there is no breath in them . * They are futile , a work of errors ; In the time of their punishment they shall perish . * The Portion of Jacob is not like them , For He is the Maker of all things , And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance ; The LORD of hosts is His name .

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