Jer 10 | NASB1995 | STEP | Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel .

Jeremiah 10

A Satire on Idolatry

1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 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;
3 For the customs of the peoples are ^{▼▼ Lit vanity
,} ^cdelusion;
Because ^dit is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 “They ^edecorate it with silver and with gold;
They ^ffasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
5 “Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they ^gcannot speak;
They must be ^hcarried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they ⁱcan do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”

6 ^jThere is none like You, O Lord;
You are ^kgreat, and great is Your name in might.
7 ^lWho would not fear You, O ^mKing of the nations?
Indeed it is Your due!
For among all the ⁿwise men of the nations
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether ^ostupid and foolish
In their discipline of ^{▼▼ Lit vanities, or idols}delusion— ^{▼▼ Lit it is}their idol is wood!
9 Beaten ^rsilver is brought from ^sTarshish,
And ^tgold from Uphaz,
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all the ^uwork of skilled men.
10 But the Lord is the ^vtrue God;
He is the ^wliving God and the ^xeverlasting King.
At His wrath the ^yearth quakes,
And the nations cannot ^zendure His indignation.

11 ^{▼▼ This verse is in Aram}Thus you shall say to them, “The ^abgods that did not make the heavens and the earth will ^acperish from the earth and from under the ^{▼▼ Or these heavens}heavens.” 12 It is ^aeHe who made the earth by His power,
Who ^afestablished the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has ^agstretched out the heavens.
13 When He utters His ^ahvoice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the ^aiclouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the ^ajwind from His storehouses.
14 Every man is ^akstupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his ^{▼▼ Or graven image}idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are ^amworthless, a work of mockery;
In the ^antime of their punishment they will perish.
16 The ^aoportion of Jacob is not like these;
For the ^{▼▼ Lit Fashioner
,} ^aqMaker of all is He,
And ^arIsrael is the tribe of His inheritance;
The ^asLord of hosts is His name.

17 ^atPick up your bundle from the ground,
You who dwell under siege!

18 For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am ^auslinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And will cause them distress,
That they may ^{▼▼ Lit find}be found.”

19 ^awWoe is me, because of my ^{▼▼ Lit breaking}injury!
My ^aywound is incurable.
But I said, “Truly this is a sickness,
And I ^azmust bear it.”
20 My ^batent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken;
My ^bbsons have gone from me and are no more.
There is ^bcno one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid
And ^bdhave not sought the Lord;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And ^beall their flock is scattered.
22 The sound of a ^bfreport! Behold, it comes—
A great commotion ^bgout of the land of the north—
To ^bhmake the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

23 I know, O Lord, that ^bia man’s way is not in himself,
^bjNor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
24 ^bkCorrect me, O Lord, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will ^{▼▼ Lit diminish me}bring me to nothing.
25 ^bmPour out Your wrath on the nations that ^bndo not know You
And on the families that ^bodo not call Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have ^bpdevoured him and consumed him
And have laid waste his ^{▼▼ Or pasture}habitation.