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Jeremiah 10

A Satire on Idolatry

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Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

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Thus says the LORD, " aDo not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;

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For the customs of the peoples are  1 adelusion; Because  bit is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

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"They  adecorate it with silver and with gold; They  bfasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

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"Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they  acannot speak; They must be  bcarried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they  ccan do no harm, Nor can they do any good."

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 aThere is none like You, O LORD; You are  bgreat, and great is Your name in might.

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 aWho would not fear You, O  bKing of the nations? Indeed it is Your due! For among all the  cwise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.

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But they are altogether  astupid and foolish In their discipline of  1delusion-- 2their idol is wood!

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Beaten  asilver is brought from  bTarshish, And  cgold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the  dwork of skilled men.

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But the LORD is the  atrue God; He is the  bliving God and the  ceverlasting King. At His wrath the  dearth quakes, And the nations cannot  eendure His indignation.

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 1Thus you shall say to them, "The  agods that did not make the heavens and the earth will  bperish from the earth and from under the  2heavens."

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It is  aHe who made the earth by His power, Who  bestablished the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has  cstretched out the heavens.

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When He utters His  avoice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the  bclouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the  cwind from His storehouses.

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Every man is  astupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his  1idols; For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.

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They are  aworthless, a work of mockery; In the  btime of their punishment they will perish.

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The  aportion of Jacob is not like these; For the  1 bMaker of all is He, And  cIsrael is the tribe of His inheritance; The  dLORD of hosts is His name.

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 aPick up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege!

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For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am  aslinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may  1be found."

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 aWoe is me, because of my  1injury! My  bwound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I  cmust bear it."

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My  atent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My  bsons have gone from me and are no more. There is  cno one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.

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For the shepherds have become stupid And  ahave not sought the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And  ball their flock is scattered.

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The sound of a  areport! Behold, it comes-- A great commotion  bout of the land of the north-- To  cmake the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

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I know, O LORD, that  aa man's way is not in himself,  bNor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

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 aCorrect me, O LORD, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will  1bring me to nothing.

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 aPour out Your wrath on the nations that  bdo not know You And on the families that  cdo not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have  ddevoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his  1habitation.



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