Jer 10
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Hear you the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
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Thus says the Lord, Learn you not Gr. according to the ways the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the
sky; for they are
alarmed at them, falling on their faces.
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For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work
of the carpenter, or a molten image.
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They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
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they will set them up Lit. and they shall not be moved that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it
is forged silver(10:5)
They must certainly be borne, for they Gr. will not mount cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any
evil, and there
is no good in them.
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brought from Tharsis, gold will come from Mophaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they
are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.
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Thus shall you say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish
from off the earth, and from under this sky.
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It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the sky,
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and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the
earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.
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Every man Or, too foolish to know is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images;
for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.
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They are vain works, Or, worthy of wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he who formed all things, he is sc. Jacob’s his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
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He has gathered your substance from without the lodged in choice vessels.
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For thus says the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with
affliction, that your plague may be discovered.
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Alas for your ruin! your plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is your wound,
and it has overtaken you.
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Your tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all your curtains have
been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place
for my tabernacle, nor place for my curtains.
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For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the
whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.
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Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the
north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.
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I know, O Lord, that man’s way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct
his going.
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Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgement; and not in anger, lest you make us few.
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Pour out your anger upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the families
that have not called upon your name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him,
and have made his pasture desolate.