Jeremiah 10
10
Idols and the Living God
1Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2Thus says the Lord:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
3 #
Isa. 44:9 for the customs of the peoples are vanity.#10:3 Or vapor, or mist
#
Isa. 40:20; 45:20 A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 #
Isa. 40:19 They decorate it with silver and gold;
#
Isa. 41:7
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols#10:5 Hebrew They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and #Ps. 115:5; 135:16; Hab. 2:18, 19; 1 Cor. 12:2 they cannot speak;
#
Ps. 115:7; Isa. 46:7 they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
#
Isa. 41:23
for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 # ch. 49:19; Ex. 15:11; Ps. 86:8, 10 There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 # ch. 5:22; Rev. 15:4 Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 # [Isa. 41:29; Hab. 2:18; Zech. 10:2] They are both #ver. 21stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
9 #
Isa. 40:19 Beaten silver is brought from #Gen. 10:4; See 1 Kgs. 10:22 Tarshish,
and gold from #Dan. 10:5 Uphaz.
#
Isa. 40:19 They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
#
Ps. 115:4
they are all the work of skilled men.
10 #
Deut. 32:4; Ps. 31:5 But the Lord is the true God;
#
Ps. 42:2
he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
11Thus shall you say to them: #[Ps. 96:5] “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth #ver. 15; Isa. 2:18; Zech. 13:2shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”#10:11 This verse is in Aramaic
12 # For ver. 12-16, see ch. 51:15-19 It is he who #Gen. 1:1, 6, 9; Ps. 104:5; Prov. 3:19 made the earth by his power,
#
Gen. 1:1, 6, 9; Ps. 104:5; Prov. 3:19 who established the world by his wisdom,
and #Job 9:8by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
13 # [Job 38:34; Ps. 104:6, 7] When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
#
Ps. 135:7 and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
#
Ps. 135:7 He makes lightning #ch. 14:22; Job 5:10 for the rain,
#
Ps. 135:7 and he brings forth the wind #Job 38:22from his storehouses.
14 # ver. 8; Prov. 30:2; [Rom. 1:22] Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
# See Isa. 42:17 every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
#
Ps. 135:17; Hab. 2:19 and there is no breath in them.
15They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16Not like these is he who is #Ps. 16:5 the portion of Jacob,
for he is the one who formed all things,
#
Deut. 32:9 and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
# ch. 31:35; 32:18; 50:34 the Lord of hosts is his name.
17 # [ch. 6:1; Ezek. 12:3] Gather up your bundle from the ground,
O you who dwell under siege!
18For thus says the Lord:
#
1 Sam. 25:29 “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
#
Deut. 28:20
and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”
19Woe is me because of my hurt!
# ch. 14:17; 30:12 My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
20 # ch. 4:20; [Isa. 54:2] My tent is destroyed,
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
# ch. 31:15 and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and #ch. 4:20; [Isa. 54:2] to set up my curtains.
21 # ch. 23:1; Ezek. 34:2 For the shepherds #ver. 8 are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
#
Ezek. 34:5, 6 and all their flock is scattered.
22A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
# See ch. 1:13 a great commotion out of the north country
to make #See ch. 9:11the cities of Judah a desolation,
# See ch. 9:11 a lair of jackals.
23 #
Prov. 16:1; 20:24; Dan. 5:23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 # ch. 30:11; 46:28; Ps. 6:1; 38:1 Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
25 #
Ps. 79:6, 7 Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
# ch. 8:16; 30:16; Ps. 14:4 for they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
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Jeremiah 10
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1 Listen to the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the Lord: "Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear.
3 For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.
4 He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart.
5 They have been fabricated in the likeness of a palm tree, and they will not speak. They must be carried to be moved, because they do not have the ability to walk. Therefore, do not be willing to fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good."
6 O Lord, there is nothing similar to you. You are great, and your name is great in strength.
7 Who will not fear you, O King of the nations? For honor is yours. Among all the wise of the nations, and within all their kingdoms, there is nothing similar to you.
8 Together, they will all be proven to be unwise and foolish. The doctrine of their vanity is made of wood.
9 Rolled silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman, and of the hand of a coppersmith. Hyacinth and purple is their clothing. All these things are the work of artists.
10 But the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. Before his indignation, the earth will shake. And the Gentiles will not be able to withstand his threats.
11 "And so, you shall speak to them in this way: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth and from among those places which are under heaven.
12 He made the earth by his power, he prepared the world in his wisdom, and he stretched out the heavens with his understanding.
13 At his voice, he grants a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He causes the lightning with the rain, and he leads forth the wind from his storehouses.
14 Every man has become a fool concerning knowledge; every artist has been confounded by his graven image. For what he has formed is false, and there is no spirit in these things.
15 These things are empty, and they are a work deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
16 Jacob's portion is not like their portion. For his portion is from the One who formed all things. And Israel is the staff of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name.
17 Gather your shame from the earth, you who are living under siege."
18 For thus says the Lord: "Behold, in this turn, I will cast the inhabitants of the land far away. And I will afflict them no matter where they may be found."
19 Woe to me, concerning my destruction! My wound is very grievous. And yet I said: Clearly, this infirmity is mine, and I will carry it.
20 My tent has been destroyed. All my cords have been broken. My sons have gone away from me; they did not remain. There is no one to stretch out my tent any more, nor to set up my curtains.
21 For the pastors have acted foolishly, and they have not sought the Lord. Because of this, they have not understood, and all their flock has been dispersed.
22 Behold, the sound of a voice approaches, a great commotion from the land of the north: so that he may make the cities of Judah into a wilderness and into a dwelling place for serpents.
23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.
24 Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor.
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