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-False Gods Contrasted with the Creator
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 # Chapter 10
-1. Hear the word that 
-the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel.
-2. This is what 
-the Lord says:
+1 Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel.
+2 This is what the Lord says:
 Do not learn the way of the nations
 or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
 although the nations are terrified by them,
-
-3. for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
+3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
 Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
 it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
-
-4. He decorates it with silver and gold.
+4 He decorates it with silver and gold.
 It is fastened with hammer and nails,
-so it won't totter.
-
-5. Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
+so it won’t totter.
+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--
+Do not fear them for they can do no harm—
 and they cannot do any good.
-
-6. Lord, 
-there is no one like you.
+6 Lord, there is no one like you.
 You are great;
 your name is great in power.
-
-7. Who should not fear you,
+7 Who should not fear you,
 King of the nations?
 It is what you deserve.
-
 For among all the wise people of the nations
 and among all their kingdoms,
 there is no one like you.
-
-
-8. They are both stupid and foolish,
+8 They are both stupid and foolish,
 instructed by worthless idols
 made of wood!
-
-9. Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish
+9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish
 and gold from Uphaz.
-
 The work of a craftsman
-and of a goldsmith's hands
+and of a goldsmith’s hands
 is clothed in blue and purple,
 all the work of skilled artisans.
-
-10. But 
-the Lord is the true God;
+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 fury.
-
-11. You are to say this to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens."
-
-12. He made the earth by his power,
+11 You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
+12 He made the earth by his power,
 established the world by his wisdom,
 and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
-
-13. When he thunders,
+13 When he thunders,
 the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
 and he causes the clouds to rise
 from the ends of the earth.
-
 He makes lightning for the rain
 and brings the wind from his storehouses.
-
-14. Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
-
+14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
 Every goldsmith is put to shame
 by his carved image,
 for his cast images are a lie;
 there is no breath in them.
-
-15. They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
-
+15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
 At the time of their punishment
 they will be destroyed.
-
-16. Jacob's Portion is not like these
+16 Jacob’s Portion is not like these
 because he is the one who formed all things.
 Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
 the Lord of Armies is his name.
-
-Exile after the Siege
-
-
-17. Gather up your belongings from the ground,
+17 Gather up your belongings from the ground,
 you who live under siege.
-
-18. For this is what 
-the Lord says:
+18 For this is what the Lord says:
 Look, I am flinging away
-the land's residents at this time
+the land’s residents at this time
 and bringing them such distress
 that they will feel it.
-
-Jeremiah Grieves
-
-
-19. Woe to me because of my brokenness--
+19 Woe to me because of my brokenness—
 I am severely wounded!
-I exclaimed, "This is my intense suffering,
-but I must bear it."
-
-20. My tent is destroyed;
+I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
+but I must bear it.”
+20 My tent is destroyed;
 all my tent cords are snapped.
 My sons have departed from me and are no more.
-
 I have no one to pitch my tent again
 or to hang up my curtains.
-
-21. For the shepherds are stupid:
-They don't seek 
-the Lord.
+21 For the shepherds are stupid:
+They don’t seek the Lord.
 Therefore they have not prospered,
 and their whole flock is scattered.
-
-22. Listen! A noise--it is coming--
+22 Listen! A noise—it is coming—
 a great commotion from the land to the north.
 The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
-a jackals' den.
-
-23. I know, Lord,
-that a person's way of life is not his own;
+a jackals’ den.
+23 I know, Lord,
+that a person’s way of life is not his own;
 no one who walks determines his own steps.
-
-24. Discipline me, Lord, but with justice--
+24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—
 not in your anger,
 or you will reduce me to nothing.
-
-25. Pour out your wrath on the nations
-that don't recognize you
+25 Pour out your wrath on the nations
+that don’t recognize you
 and on the families
-that don't call on your name,
+that don’t call on your name,
 for they have consumed Jacob;
 they have consumed him and finished him off
-and made his homeland desolate.
-
-
-
-
+and made his homeland desolate.