Jeremiah:10:1-16
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Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you ,
O house of Israel :
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Thus saith the LORD ,
Learn not the way of the heathen ,
and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven ;
for the heathen are dismayed at them .
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For the customs of the people are vain :
for one cutteth a tree out of the forest ,
the work of the hands of the workman ,
with the axe .
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They deck it with silver and with gold ;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers ,
that it move not .
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They are upright as the palm tree ,
but speak not :
they must needs be borne ,
because they cannot go .
Be not afraid of them ;
for they cannot do evil ,
neither also is it in them to do good .
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Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee ,
O LORD ;
thou art great ,
and thy name is great in might .
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Who would not fear thee ,
O King of nations ?
for to thee doth it appertain :
forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations ,
and in all their kingdoms ,
there is none like unto thee .
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But they are altogether brutish and foolish :
the stock is a doctrine of vanities .
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Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish ,
and gold from Uphaz ,
the work of the workman ,
and of the hands of the founder :
blue and purple is their clothing :
they are all the work of cunning men .
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But the LORD is the true God ,
he is the living God ,
and an everlasting king :
at his wrath the earth shall tremble ,
and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation .
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Thus shall ye say unto them ,
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth ,
even they shall perish from the earth ,
and from under these heavens .
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He hath made the earth by his power ,
he hath established the world by his wisdom ,
and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion .
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When he uttereth his voice ,
there is a multitude of waters in the heavens ,
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ;
he maketh lightnings with rain ,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures .
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Every man is brutish in his knowledge :
every founder is confounded by the graven image :
for his molten image is falsehood ,
and there is no breath in them .
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They are vanity ,
and the work of errors :
in the time of their visitation they shall perish .
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The portion of Jacob is not like them :
for he is the former of all things ;
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance :
The LORD of hosts is his name .