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Jeremiah 10
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A Satire on Idolatry

10Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.H8085H1697H3068H1696H1004H3478 2Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;H559H3068H3925H1870H1471H2865H226H8064H1471H2865H1992 3For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.H2708H5971H1892H3772H6086H3293H4639H3027H2796H4621 4"They decorate [it] with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.H3302H3701H2091H2388H4548H4717H6328 5"Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good."H4749H8560H1696H5375H5375H6805H3372H7489H3190 6There is none like Thee, O LORD; Thou art great, and great is Thy name in might.H3068H1419H8034H1419H1369 7Who would not fear Thee, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Thy due! For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like Thee.H3372H4428H1471H2969H2450H1471H4438 8But they are altogether stupid and foolish [In their] discipline of delusion— their idol is wood!H259H1197H3688H6086H4148H1892 9Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, 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.H3701H7554H935H8659H2091H210H4639H2796H3027H6884H8504H713H3830H4639H2450 10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.H3068H571H430H2416H430H5769H4428H7110H776H7493H1471H3557H2195 11Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."H1836H560H426H3809H5648H8065H778H7H772H8460H429H8065 12[It is] He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.H6213H776H3581H3559H8398H2451H5186H8064H8394 13When He utters His voice, [there is] a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.H5414H6963H1995H4325H8064H5387H5927H7097H776H6213H1300H4306H3318H7307H214 14Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.H120H1197H1847H6884H3001H6459H5262H8267H7307 15They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.H1892H4639H8595H6256H6486H6 16The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name.H2506H3290H3335H3478H7626H5159H3068H6635H8034 17Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege!H622H3666H776H3427H4692 18For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found."H559H3068H7049H3427H776H6471H6887H4672 19Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it."H188H7667H4347H2470H559H389H2483H5375 20My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.H168H7703H4340H5423H1121H3318H5186H168H6965H3407 21For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.H7462H1197H1875H3068H7919H4830H6327 22The sound of a report! Behold, it comes— A great commotion out of the land of the north— To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.H6963H8052H935H1419H7494H6828H776H7760H5892H3063H8077H4583H8577 23I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself; Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.H3068H3045H1870H120H376H1980H3559H6806 24Correct me, O LORD, but with justice; Not with Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.H3068H3256H4941H639H4591 25Pour out Thy wrath on the nations that do not know Thee, And on the families that do not call Thy name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his habitation.H8210H2534H1471H3045H4940H7121H8034H398H3290H398H3615H5116H8074


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