Jeremiah · Majority Standard Bible
Jeremiah 10 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
2 Yahweh says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.
5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.
7◆ Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
7 Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
8 But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
9◆ Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men.
10◆ But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
11 Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
11 “You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
12 God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
13 When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
14 Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
15 They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of Armies is his name.
17 Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
17 Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
18 For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
19 Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
19 Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
20 My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
20 My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered.
22 Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
22 The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
23 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
24 Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:15–17; Jeremiah 42:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hosea 4:1; Revelation 2:29
- 2 Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 18:3; Luke 21:25–28; Ezekiel 20:32; Deuteronomy 12:30–31
- 3 1 Peter 1:18; Isaiah 44:9–20; Leviticus 18:30; Jeremiah 10:8; Romans 1:21
- 4 Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 40:19–20; Isaiah 41:6–7; Isaiah 44:12; Psalm 115:4
- 5 Isaiah 46:7; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Psalm 115:5–8; Isaiah 41:23–24; 1 Corinthians 8:4
- 6 Psalm 96:4; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 48:1; Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 12:6
- 7 Revelation 15:4; Psalm 22:28; Jeremiah 10:6; Psalm 89:6; Jeremiah 5:22
- 8 Jeremiah 10:14; Zechariah 10:2; Psalm 135:18; Psalm 115:8; Jeremiah 51:17–18
- 9 Psalm 115:4; Daniel 10:5; Isaiah 40:19; 1 Kings 10:22; Ezekiel 27:12
- 10 Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 57:15; Nahum 1:6; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 104:32
- 11 Psalm 96:5; Isaiah 2:18; Jeremiah 51:18; Jeremiah 10:15; Lamentations 3:66
- 12 Genesis 1:1; Job 9:8; Proverbs 3:19; Isaiah 40:22; John 1:3
- 13 Psalm 135:7; Job 38:22; Psalm 18:13; Job 38:34–35; Psalm 29:3–10
- 14 Psalm 135:16–18; Psalm 115:4–8; Isaiah 46:7–8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Isaiah 44:18–20
- 15 Isaiah 41:24; Jeremiah 14:22; Jeremiah 51:18; Jeremiah 8:12; Jonah 2:8
- 16 Deuteronomy 32:9; Jeremiah 32:18; Jeremiah 31:35; Psalm 119:57; Jeremiah 10:12
- 17 Ezekiel 12:3–12; Jeremiah 6:1; Micah 2:10; Matthew 24:15; Jeremiah 21:13
- 18 1 Samuel 25:29; Zechariah 1:6; Jeremiah 23:20; Deuteronomy 28:63–64; Jeremiah 15:1–2
- 19 Micah 7:9; Lamentations 3:18–21; Jeremiah 4:31; Lamentations 3:39–40; Jeremiah 14:17
- 20 Jeremiah 4:20; Jeremiah 31:15; Isaiah 54:2; Isaiah 49:20–22; Job 7:8
- 21 Jeremiah 12:10; Ezekiel 34:2–10; Jeremiah 23:1–2; Isaiah 56:10–12; Ezekiel 22:25–30
- 22 Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 1:15; Malachi 1:3; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:22
- 23 Proverbs 20:24; Psalm 37:23; Proverbs 16:1; Psalm 119:116–117; Psalm 17:5
- 24 Psalm 38:1; Psalm 6:1; Jeremiah 30:11; Isaiah 40:23; Job 6:18
- 25 Psalm 79:6–7; Jeremiah 8:16; Job 18:21; Psalm 14:4; Zechariah 1:15
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Jeremiah: a shorter book in a different order
The Greek Septuagint of Jeremiah is markedly shorter than the Hebrew text and arranges the book differently: the oracles against the nations come in the middle, after 25:13, not at the end. Hebrew fragments from Qumran show that a shorter Hebrew form of Jeremiah really existed. Many scholars think Jeremiah circulated in two editions.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Jeremiah also says the same: "The gods that have not made the heavens and earth, let them perish from the earth which is under the heaven." For, from the fact of his having subjoined their destruction, he shows them to be no gods at all.
This shall ye say to them, "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from those that are under the heavens." He is not such a god: for our God is above all gods.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
He said, "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, let them perish from the earth, and from under the heaven." He said not, The gods that have not made the heavens and earth, let them perish from the heaven and from the earth; because they never were in heaven: but what did he say?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)