Jeremiah 10
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A Satire on Idolatry

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1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
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2 Thus says the Lord,
“(A)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;
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3
For the customs of the peoples are (a)(B)delusion;
Because (C)it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
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4
“They (D)decorate it with silver and with gold;
They (E)fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
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5
“Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they (F)cannot speak;
They must be (G)carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they (H)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”
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6
(I)There is none like You, O Lord;
You are (J)great, and great is Your name in might.
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7
(K)Who would not fear You, O (L)King of the nations?
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the (M)wise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
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8
But they are altogether (N)stupid and foolish
In their discipline of (b)delusion—(c)their idol is wood!
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9
Beaten (O)silver is brought from (P)Tarshish,
And (Q)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 (R)work of skilled men.
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10
But the Lord is the (S)true God;
He is the (T)living God and the (U)everlasting King.
At His wrath the (V)earth quakes,
And the nations cannot (W)endure His indignation.
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11 (d)Thus you shall say to them, “The (X)gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will (Y)perish from the earth and from under the (e)heavens.”
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12
It is (Z)He who made the earth by His power,
Who (AA)established the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has (AB)stretched out the heavens.
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13
When He utters His (AC)voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the (AD)clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the (AE)wind from His storehouses.
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14
Every man is (AF)stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his (f)idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
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15
They are (AG)worthless, a work of mockery;
In the (AH)time of their punishment they will perish.
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16
The (AI)portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the (g)(AJ)Maker of all is He,
And (AK)Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The (AL)Lord of hosts is His name.
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17
(AM)Pick up your bundle from the ground,
You who dwell under siege!
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18 For thus says the Lord,
“Behold, I am (AN)slinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And will cause them distress,
That they may (h)be found.”
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19
(AO)Woe is me, because of my (i)injury!
My (AP)wound is incurable.
But I said, “Truly this is a sickness,
And I (AQ)must bear it.”
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20
My (AR)tent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken;
My (AS)sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is (AT)no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.
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21
For the shepherds have become stupid
And (AU)have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And (AV)all their flock is scattered.
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22
The sound of a (AW)report! Behold, it comes—
A great commotion (AX)out of the land of the north—
To (AY)make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
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23
I know, O Lord, that (AZ)a man’s way is not in himself,
(BA)Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
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24
(BB)Correct me, O Lord, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will (j)bring me to nothing.
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25
(BC)Pour out Your wrath on the nations that (BD)do not know You
And on the families that (BE)do not call Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have (BF)devoured him and consumed him
And have laid waste his (k)habitation.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 10:3: ['Lit ', vanity]
b. Jeremiah 10:8: ['Lit ', vanities, ', or ', idols]
c. Jeremiah 10:8: ['Lit ', it is]
d. Jeremiah 10:11: ['This verse is in Aram']
e. Jeremiah 10:11: ['Or ', these heavens]
f. Jeremiah 10:14: ['Or ', graven image]
g. Jeremiah 10:16: ['Lit ', Fashioner]
h. Jeremiah 10:18: ['Lit ', find]
i. Jeremiah 10:19: ['Lit ', breaking]
j. Jeremiah 10:24: ['Lit ', diminish me]
k. Jeremiah 10:25: ['Or ', pasture]

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