Jeremias 10

1 Hear ye the word which the

2 Thus saith the

3 For the customs of the people

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5 They

6 Forasmuch as

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise

8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple

10 But the

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth,

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

13 When he uttereth his voice,

14 Every man is brutish in

15 They

16 The portion of Jacob

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

18 For thus saith the

19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate,

23 O

24 O

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.