Yirmeyah 10
10
1Hear ye the Davar which Hashem speaketh unto you, O Bais Yisroel.
2Thus saith Hashem, Learn not the Derech HaGoyim, and be not in awe of the otot HaShomayim; though the Goyim are in awe of them.
3For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions; for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest), the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe.
4They deck it with kesef and with zahav; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it topple not.
5They#10:5 the idols are upright as the tomer (palm tree), but speak not; they must needs be carried, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do rah, neither also is it in them to do tov.
6Forasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, Hashem; Thou art gadol, and Thy Shem is gadol in gevurah.
7Who would not fear thee, O Melech HaGoyim? For this is Thy due; forasmuch as among all the chachamim of the Goyim, and in kol malchut of them, there is none like unto Thee.
8But they are altogether stupid and foolish; the etz is a musar havalim (discipline of delusions).
9Hammered kesef is brought from Tarshish, and zahav from Uphaz, the ma'aseh (work, handiwork) of the charash (workman, artisan), and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple is their#10:9 the idolsʼ clothing; they are all the ma'aseh (work) of cunning men.
10But Hashem is the Elohim Emes, He is the Elohim Chayyim, and the Melech Olam; at His wrath ha'aretz shall tremble, and the Goyim shall not be able to endure His indignation.
11Thus shall ye say unto them, The g-ds that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and min techot (from under) these heavens.
12He hath made eretz by His ko'ach, He hath established the tevel (world) by His chochmah, and hath stretched out Shomayim by His understanding.
13When He uttereth His voice, there is a multitude of mayim in Shomayim, and He causeth the clouds to ascend from the ends of ha'aretz; He maketh lightnings with matar (rain), and bringeth forth the ruach (wind) out of His Otzerot.
14Kol Adam is stupid in his da'as; every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel (idol); for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker, and there is no ruach in them.
15They are hevel (vanity, delusion), and the ma'aseh (work) of delusion; in the time of their pekudat (visitation, punishment) they shall perish.
16The chelek of Ya'akov is not like them; for the Yotzer HaKol (Maker of All, Creator of All) is He; and Yisroel is the shevet (rod) of His nachalah; Hashem Tzva'os Shmo.
17Gather up thy gear [for Exile] meEretz (from the Land), O besieged inhabitant.
18For thus saith Hashem, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of HaAretz at this time, and will bring distress upon them, so that find they may.#10:18 i.e., what they deserve
19Oy li! (woe is me) for my disaster! My wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a sickness, and I must bear it.
20My ohel is destroyed, and all my tent cords are broken; my banim are gone forth of me, and are no more; there is none to pitch any more my ohel, and to hang up my tent curtains.
21For the ro'im (shepherds, pastors) are become stupid, and inquire not of Hashem; therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flock shall be scattered.
22Hinei, the noise! The report is come, and a great commotion out of Eretz Tzafon, to make the towns of Yehudah desolate, and a haunt of jackals.
23 Hashem, I know that the derech of adam (man) is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24 Hashem, correct me, but with mishpat; not in Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.
25Pour out Thy fury upon the Goyim that know Thee not, and upon the mishpekhot that call not on Shimecha (Thy Name);#10:25 See Yoel 2:32(3:5); Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13 for they have eaten up Ya'akov, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Jeremiah 10
10
False Gods Contrasted with the Creator
1Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to#10:1 Or against you, house of Israel. 2This is what the Lord says:
Do not learn the way of the nations#Jr 2:23,36
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,
3for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
4He decorates it with silver and gold.#Is 40:19
It is fastened with hammer and nails,#Is 41:7
so it won’t totter.
5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.#Ps 115:5; 1Co 12:2
They must be carried#Ps 115:7; Is 46:7 because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm#Is 41:23–24 —
and they cannot do any good.#Is 44:9–20
6 Lord, there is no one like you.#Ex 15:11; 2Sm 7:22; 1Kg 8:23
You are great;
your name is great in power.#Ps 76:1; 86:10; Mal 1:11
7Who should not fear you,
King of the nations?#Ps 22:28; 47:7–8; Jr 8:19
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.
8They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
9Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish#Ezk 27:12,25; 38:13
and gold from Uphaz.#10:9 Or Ophir#Dn 10:5
The work of a craftsman
and of a goldsmith’s hands
is clothed in blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
10But the Lord is the true God;#2Ch 15:3
he is the living God#Dt 5:26; 1Sm 17:26,36; 2Kg 19:4,16 and eternal King.#Ex 15:18; Ps 10:16; 29:10
The earth quakes at his wrath,#2Sm 22:8; Ps 18:7; Is 13:13
and the nations cannot endure his fury.
11You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens#Ps 96:5 and the earth will perish from the earth#Is 2:18 and from under these heavens.”#10:11 This is the only Aramaic v. in Jr.
12He made the earth by his power,
established the world#Jb 38:4; Ps 93:1; 96:10 by his wisdom,#Pr 3:19–20; 8:22–29
and spread out the heavens by his understanding.#Jb 9:8; Ps 104:2; Is 45:12
13When he thunders,#10:13 Lit At his giving of the voice
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,#Jr 5:22; 31:35
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.#Jb 38:25–30,34–38; Ps 135:7
14Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,#Is 40:18–31; 46:1–7
for his cast images are a lie;#Is 41:29
there is no breath in them.#Hab 2:19
15They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.#Jr 8:12; 51:18
16Jacob’s Portion#10:16 = the Lord is not like these
because he is the one who formed all things.#Gn 2:7–8,19; Ps 94:9; 95:5
Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;#Dt 4:20; 32:8–9; Ps 74:2
the Lord of Armies is his name.#Jr 51:15–19
Exile after the Siege
17Gather up your belongings#10:17 Lit bundle from the ground,#Ezk 12:3
you who live under siege.
18For this is what the Lord says:
Look, I am flinging away#1Sm 25:29
the land’s residents at this time
and bringing them such distress
that they will feel it.
Jeremiah Grieves
19Woe to me because of my brokenness —
I am severely wounded!#Jr 14:17; 30:12; Nah 3:19
I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
but I must bear it.”
20My tent is destroyed;#Jr 4:20
all my tent cords are snapped.
My sons have departed from me and are no more.
I have no one to pitch my tent again
or to hang up my curtains.
21For the shepherds are stupid:
They don’t seek the Lord.#2Ch 16:12; Is 9:13; 31:1
Therefore they have not prospered,
and their whole flock is scattered.
22Listen! A noise — it is coming —
a great commotion#Jr 4:29; 6:22–23 from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.#Jr 9:11
23I know, Lord,
that a person’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.#Ps 37:23; Pr 3:5–6; 16:9
24Discipline me, Lord, but with justice —
not in your anger,#Ps 6:1; 38:1
or you will reduce me to nothing.
25Pour out your wrath on the nations
that don’t recognize you
and on the families
that don’t call on your name,
for they have consumed Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off
and made his homeland desolate.#Ps 79:6–7
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