Jeremiah:10

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* Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh to you , O house of Israel ! * Thus saith Jehovah : Conform ye not to the way of the heathen , And be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens , Because the heathen are dismayed at them ! * The customs of the nations are vanity . For a tree of the wood is cut down , It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe , * It is decked with silver and gold , And with nails and with hammers is it fastened , That it may not totter . * They are like a turned palm –tree pillar , and cannot speak ; They must be borne by men , for they cannot walk . Be not afraid of them , for they cannot hurt , Nor is it in their power to do good . * There is none like thee , O Jehovah ! Thou art great , And great is thy name by mighty deeds . * Who shall not fear thee , O king of nations , For to thee doth it belong ! For among all the wise men of the nations , And in all their kingdoms , there is none like thee . * They are all brutish and without understanding ; A doctrine of vanities is the stock . * Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish , And gold from Uphaz , The work of the artificer and the founder ; Blue and purple is their clothing ; The work of the skilful is it all . * But Jehovah is the true God , He is the living God , and an everlasting king ; At his wrath the earth trembleth , And the nations are not able to abide his indignation . noyes @Jeremiah:10:11 " /> * He made the earth by his power ; He established the world by his wisdom , And by his understanding he spread out the heavens . * When he uttereth his voice there is an abundance of water in the heavens ; He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth ; He maketh lightnings with rain ; He bringeth the wind from his storehouses . * Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge ; By his image is every founder put to shame , For his molten –work is deceit ; There is no breath in it . * They are vanity , deceptive work ; In the time of their punishment shall they perish . * Not like them is He who is the portion of Jacob ; He is the former of all things , And Israel is his allotted inheritance ; Jehovah of hosts is his name . * Gather up thy goods out of the land , O inhabitant of the fortress ! * For thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will sling forth the inhabitants of the land at this time ; I will distress them , so that they shall be taken . * "Ah me ! my wound !" "My bruise is deadly ; Yet I say , This is my affliction , and I must bear it ! * My tent is torn down , And all my cords broken . My children are gone forth from me , and are no more ; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more , Or to set up my curtains . * For the shepherds have become brutish ; They have not sought Jehovah ; Therefore have they not prospered , And all their flock is dispersed ." * the sound of tiding ! Behold it cometh , And a great tumult from the land of the North , To make the cities of Judah desolate , A dwelling –place for jackals . * "I know , O Jehovah , that the way of a man is not within his power , That it is not within the power of a man that walketh to establish his steps . * Chasten me , O Jehovah , but in measure ; Not in thine anger , lest thou bring me to nothing ! * Pour out thy wrath on the nations which acknowledge thee not , And on the kingdoms which call not on thy name ! For they have devoured Jacob ; They have devoured and consumed him , And laid waste his dwelling –place ."

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