1481 - Jeremiah 10 part 1

 Jeremiah Chapter 10 part 1


Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel! 


This 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.


Their ways are futile and foolish.


They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.


They decorate it with gold and silver… and then, they fasten it securely, with hammer and nails,

so it won’t fall over.


Their gods are like helpless scarecrows, in a cucumber field!


They cannot speak, and they need to be carried, because they cannot walk.


Do not be afraid, of such gods,

for they can neither harm you, nor do you any good.”


Lord, there is no one like you!


For you are great, and your name is full of power.


Who would not fear you, O King of nations?


That title belongs to you alone!


Among all the wise people of the earth, and in all the kingdoms of the world, there is no one like you.


People who worship idols are stupid and foolish.


The things they worship are made of wood!


They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen, who make their idols.


Then, they dress these gods, in royal blue and purple robes… made, by expert tailors.


But, the Lord is the only true God.


He is the living God, and the everlasting King!


The whole earth trembles, at his anger.


The nations cannot stand up, to his wrath.


Say this, to those who worship other gods: 


“Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will vanish, from the earth… and from under the heavens.”


But, the Lord made the earth, by his power, and he preserves it, by his wisdom.


With his own understanding, he stretched out the heavens.


When he speaks, in the thunder,

the heavens roar, with rain.


He causes the clouds, to rise over the earth.


He sends the lightning, with the rain, and He releases the wind, from his storehouses.


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Jeremiah 10:1–13


Praise be to God! 



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