Jeremiah 10:1-3

New Living Translation

Idolatry Brings Destruction

10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel! ²This is what the Lord says:

“Do not act like the other nations,
    who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
    even though other nations are terrified by them.
³Their ways are futile and foolish.
    They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.

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Jeremiah 10:1-3

New International Version

God and Idols^(A)

10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. ²This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations^(B)
    or be terrified by signs^(C) in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.
³For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(D) shapes it with his chisel.^(E)