1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: KJRV — Jeremiah 10:1
2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:2
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:3
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:4
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:5
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:6
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:7
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:8
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 is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:9
10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:10
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:11
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens (Genesis 1:8; Job 37:18; Psalms 33:6; Psalms 136:5) by his discretion. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:12
13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:13
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: (Romans 1:22) every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:14
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:15
16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:16
17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:17
18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:18
19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:19
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:20
21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:21
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, and a den of dragons. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:22
23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:23
24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:24
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. KJRV — Jeremiah 10:25