Jeremiah 9:25-Jeremiah 10:18 - The Way Of The Nations
25 “The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:
1 Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
It is fastened with hammer and nails,
so it won’t totter.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
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You are great;
Your name is great in power.
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
and gold from Uphaz
from the hands of a goldsmith,
the work of a craftsman.
Their clothing is blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
He is the living God
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His rage.
11 You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens
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established the world
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
and He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.
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Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
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you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the Lord says:
the land’s residents at this time
and bringing them such distress
that they will feel it.