Jeremiah 10 NKJV

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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/jeremiah/10.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Idols and the True God</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text Jer-10-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear the word which the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> speaks to you, O house of Israel.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Jer-10-2">“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-2">Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-2">For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the customs of the peoples <i>are</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>futile;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-3">For <i>one</i> cuts a tree from the forest,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-3">The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They decorate it with silver and gold;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-4">They fasten it with nails and hammers</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-4">So that it will not topple.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They <i>are</i> upright, like a palm tree,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">And they cannot speak;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">They must be carried,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">Because they cannot go <i>by themselves.</i></span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">Do not be afraid of them,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">For they cannot do evil,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-5">Nor can they do any good.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Inasmuch as <i>there is</i> none like You, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-6">(You <i>are</i> great, and Your name <i>is</i> great in might),</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-7">For this is Your rightful due.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-7">For among all the wise <i>men</i> of the nations,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-7">And in all their kingdoms,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-7"><i>There is</i> none like You.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-8">A wooden idol <i>is</i> a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>worthless doctrine.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Silver is beaten into plates;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">It is brought from Tarshish,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">And gold from Uphaz,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">The work of the craftsman</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">And of the hands of the metalsmith;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">Blue and purple <i>are</i> their clothing;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-9">They <i>are</i> all the work of skillful <i>men.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> the true God;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-10">He <i>is</i> the living God and the everlasting King.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-10">At His wrath the earth will tremble,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-10">And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He has made the earth by His power,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-12">He has established the world by His wisdom,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-12">And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When He utters His voice,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-13"><i>There is</i> a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>multitude of waters in the heavens:</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-13">“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-13">He makes lightning for the rain,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-13">He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-14">Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-14">For his molded image <i>is</i> falsehood,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-14">And <i>there is</i> no breath in them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They <i>are</i> futile, a work of errors;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-15">In the time of their punishment they shall perish.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The Portion of Jacob <i>is</i> not like them,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-16">For He <i>is</i> the Maker of all <i>things,</i></span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-16">And Israel <i>is</i> the tribe of His inheritance;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-16">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> His name.</span></p></div> <h3> The Coming Captivity of Judah</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Jer-10-17"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gather up your wares from the land,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-17">O <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>inhabitant of the fortress!</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Jer-10-18">“Behold, I will throw out at this time</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-18">The inhabitants of the land,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-18">And will distress them,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-18">That they may find <i>it so.</i>”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Woe is me for my hurt!</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-19">My wound is severe.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-19">But I say, “Truly this <i>is</i> an infirmity,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-19">And I must bear it.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My tent is plundered,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-20">And all my cords are broken;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-20">My children have gone from me,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-20">And they <i>are</i> no more.</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-20"><i>There is</i> no one to pitch my tent anymore,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-20">Or set up my curtains.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-21">And have not sought the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-21">Therefore they shall not prosper,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-21">And all their flocks shall be scattered.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Behold, the noise of the report has come,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-22">And a great commotion out of the north country,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-22">To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, I know the way of man <i>is</i> not in himself;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-23"><i>It is</i> not in man who walks to direct his own steps.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, correct me, but with justice;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-24">Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-25">And on the families who do not call on Your name;</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-25">For they have eaten up Jacob,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-25">Devoured him and consumed him,</span><br /><span class="text Jer-10-25">And made his dwelling place desolate.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-19205a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 10:3">Jeremiah 10:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>vanity</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19210b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 10:8">Jeremiah 10:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>vain teaching</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19215c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 10:13">Jeremiah 10:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>noise</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19219d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 10:17">Jeremiah 10:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>you who dwell under siege</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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