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The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, Chapter 10
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Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of
Israel:
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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.
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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.
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They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails
and with hammers, that it move not.
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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.
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Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art
great, and thy name is great in might.
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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.
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But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a
doctrine of vanities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion.
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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.
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Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is
confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and
there is no breath in them.
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They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their
visitation they shall perish.
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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.
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Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the
fortress.
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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.
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Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly
this is a grief, and I must bear it.
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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.
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For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the
LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be
scattered.
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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.
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O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not
in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest
thou bring me to nothing.
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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.
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