Jeremiah 10:3-16

3For the customs of the peoples are 1futile; For 2it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.4They 3decorate the idol with silver and gold; They 4fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not totter.5They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, And they 5cannot speak; They must be 6carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they 7can do no harm, Nor can they do any good.”

68There is none like You, Lord; You are 9great, and Your name is great in might.710Who would not fear You, O 11King of the nations? For it is Your due! For among all the 12wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.8But they are altogether 13stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!9Beaten 14silver is brought from 15Tarshish, And 16gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Their clothing is of violet and purple; They are all the 17work of skilled people.10But the Lord is the 18true God; He is the 19living God and the 20everlasting King. The 21earth quakes at His wrath, And the nations cannot 22endure His indignation.

1123This is what you shall say to them: “The 24gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will 25perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

12It is 26He who made the earth by His power, Who 27established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has 28stretched out the heavens.13When He utters His 29voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, And He makes the 30clouds ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the 31wind from His storehouses.14Every person is 32stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.15They are 33worthless, a work of mockery; At the 34time of their punishment they will perish.16The 35Portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the 3637Maker of everything, And 38Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The 39Lord of armies is His name.