Jeremiah:10

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* Listen house of Israel , Hear the word Jehovah speaks to you . * This is what Jehovah says : »Do not learn the practices of the nations . Do not be frightened by the signs in the sky because they frighten the nations .« * The people ’s customs are erroneous and empty . It is wood cut from the forest . It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool . * »They decorate it with silver and with gold . They fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not tip over . * »They are like scarecrows in cucumber fields . They cannot speak . They must be carried , for they cannot walk ! Do not fear them ! For they can do no harm and they can do no good .« * There is none like you , O Jehovah . You are great and your name is powerful . * Who would not respect you , O King of the nations ? It is your right ! There is none like you among all the wise men of the nations . * They are very stupid and foolish . They teach vanity to a tree . Their idol is wood ! * Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish , and gold from Uphaz . It is the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith . Violet and purple are their clothing . They are all the work of skilled men . * Jehovah is the true God ! He is the living God and the everlasting king . The earth quakes at his wrath . The nations cannot endure his indignation . * You will say to the idolaters : »The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens .« * He who made the earth by his power , and established the world by his wisdom ; also stretched out the heavens by his understanding . * He speaks , and the water in the sky produces a storm . He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth . He makes lightning flash with the rain . He brings wind out of his storehouses . * Every man is stupid lacking knowledge . Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols . His molten images are deceitful . There is no breath in them . * They are worthless , a work of mockery . In the time of their punishment they will perish . * Jacob ’s share is not like this . For he made everything ! Israel is the tribe of his inheritance . Jehovah of Hosts is his name . * Pick up your bundle from the ground , you who dwell under siege ! * Jehovah says : »I am evicting the inhabitants of the land at this time . I will cause them distress that they may be found .« * Oh , I am wounded ! My wound is serious . Then I thought that this is my punishment , and I will bear it . * My tent is destroyed . All the ropes are broken . My children have left me and have disappeared . There is no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains . * The shepherds are foolish . They do not look to Jehovah for help . That is why they will not succeed and all their flocks will be scattered . * The report has arrived . Listen ! An incredible uproar is coming from the land of the north . Its army will destroy Judah 's cities and make them homes for jackals . * O Jehovah , I know that humans are not able to govern their own lives . Humans cannot administer their own steps . * Correct me , O Jehovah but please be fair . Do not correct me when you are angry . Otherwise , you will reduce me to nothing . * Pour out your fury on the nations who do not know you and on people who do not worship you . They have devoured the descendants of Jacob . They have devoured them completely . They have destroyed their homes .

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