Jeremiah 10
1Hear
2The 1 “Don’t learn the way of the nations, 2 and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; 2 for the nations are dismayed at them. 1
3For 2 for one cuts a tree out of the forest, 2 the work of the hands of the workman with the ax. 1
4They 2 They fasten it with nails and with hammers, 2 so that it can’t move. 1
5They 2 and don’t speak. 1 They must be carried, 2 because they can’t move. 1 Don’t be afraid of them; 2 for they can’t do evil, 2 neither is it in them to do good.” 1
6There 2 You are great, 2 and your name is great in might. 1
7Who 2 King of the nations? 2 For it belongs to you. 1 Because among all the wise men of the nations, 2 and in all their royal estate, 2 there is no one like you. 1
8But 2 instructed by idols! 2 It is just wood. 1
9There 2 and gold from Uphaz, 2 the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. 1 Their clothing is blue and purple. 2 They are all the work of skillful men. 1
10But 2 He is the living God, 2 and an everlasting King. 1 At his wrath, the earth trembles. 2 The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
11“ You 1
12God 2 He has established the world by his wisdom, 2 and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens. 1
13When 2 the waters in the heavens roar, 2 and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. 1 He makes lightnings for the rain, 2 and brings the wind out of his treasuries. 1
14Every 2 Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; 1 for his molten image is falsehood, 2 and there is no breath in them. 1
15They 2 In the time of their visitation they will perish. 1
16The 2 for he is the maker of all things; 1 and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. 2 The LORD of Hosts is his name. 1
17Gather up 2 you who live under siege. 1
18For 2 “ Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, 2 and will distress them, that they may feel it.” 1
19Woe is 2 My wound is serious; 1 but I said, 2 “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.” 1
20My 2 and all my cords are broken. 1 My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. 2 There is no one to spread my tent any more, 2 to set up my curtains. 1
21For 2 and have not inquired of the LORD. 1 Therefore they have not prospered, 2 and all their flocks have scattered. 1
22The 2 and a great commotion out of the north country, 1 to make the cities of Judah a desolation, 2 a dwelling place of jackals. 1
23LORD 2 It is not in man who walks to direct his steps. 1
24LORD 2 not in your anger, 2 lest you reduce me to nothing. 1
25Pour 2 and on the families that don’t call on your name; 1 for they have devoured Jacob. 2 Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, 2 and have laid waste his habitation.