Jeremiah 10 Hear the word of the Lord which he hath spoken for you house of Israel.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Hear the word of the Lord which he hath spoken for you house of Israel. ² Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the ways of the nations, and at the signs of heaven be not dismayed, because they are terrified at these appearances, ³ because the ordinances of the nations are vain. Timber is cut from the forest: ⁴ a carpenter's work and a molten image are adorned with silver and gold. Having fastened them with mallets and nails they will place them and they are not to be moved. ⁵ They are silver which can be turned in a lathe; they cannot walk. ⁶ They are silver which can be formed into plates. ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ [Omitted] ⁹ From Tharsis will come the gold of Mophaz, and the hand of men skilled in casting gold. They are all the workmanship of artists. With blue and purple raiment they are to be clothed: ¹⁰ They must be taken up and carried; for they cannot walk. Fear them not for they can do you no harm, and there is no good in them. ¹¹ Thus shall you say to them. Let the gods, which have not made heaven and earth, perish from the earth and from under heaven. ¹² It is the Lord who made the earth by his power, who established the World by his wisdom: and by his understanding spread out the heaven, ¹³ and the multitude of waters in heaven: when he brought up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he made the lightning for rain, and brought light forth from his treasuries. ¹⁴ Every man on account of knowledge became foolish. Every melter of gold was put to shame for his graven images, because he cast falsities and there is no breath in them. ¹⁵ These ridiculous works are vain; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. ¹⁶ Unlike to these is the portion of Jacob: for he who formed all things is his inheritance. His name is, The Lord. ¹⁷ He hath collected from abroad the substance of thee, dwelling in chosen places. ¹⁸ For thus saith the Lord, Behold I am about to subvert with affliction the inhabitants of this land, that the stroke may reach thee. ¹⁹ Alas for thine affliction! the stroke given thee is painful. [p] Upon this I said, This is a wounding thee indeed! it hath sunk deep in thee! ²⁰ thy tent is in a miserable state. It is ruined. And all thy curtains are torn to pieces. [c] My children and my flocks are no more. There is not a trace of my tent left; no remains of my curtains. ²¹ [J] Because the shepherds were foolish and sought not the Lord, therefore the whole flock was thoughtless and they are scattered. ²² A noisy sound! Hark! it is coming. And a great commotion from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation and a haunt of ostriches. ²³ [p] I know, Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, nor can a man who travelleth ensure to himself a prosperous journey. ²⁴ Correct us, O Lord, but with judgment and not with wrath, that thou mayst not make us few in number. ²⁵ Pour out thy wrath on the nations that knew thee not, and on the families which have not invoked thy name. Because they have devoured Jacob and consumed him, and have made his pasture a desolation.