Inasmuch as there is none (A)like You, O Lord
(You are great, and Your name is great in might),
(B)Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For (C)among all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
But they are altogether (D)dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a [a]worthless doctrine.
Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And (E)gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all (F)the work of skillful men.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is (G)the living God and the (H)everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

11 Thus you shall say to them: (I)“The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth (J)shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

12 He (K)has made the earth by His power,
He has (L)established the world by His wisdom,
And (M)has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
13 (N)When He utters His voice,
There is a [b]multitude of waters in the heavens:
(O)“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”

14 (P)Everyone is (Q)dull-hearted, without knowledge;
(R)Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
(S)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16 (T)The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things,
And (U)Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
(V)The Lord of hosts is His name.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:8 vain teaching
  2. Jeremiah 10:13 Or noise

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