Jeremiah 10:3-11

3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.”
6 No one is like you, LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple— all made by skilled workers.
10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ ”[a]

Cross References 23

  • 1. S Isaiah 40:19
  • 2. Deuteronomy 9:21; S 1 Kings 8:36; Jeremiah 44:8; Ezekiel 7:20
  • 3. Psalms 135:15; Hosea 13:2; Habakkuk 2:19
  • 4. S 1 Samuel 5:3; Isaiah 41:7
  • 5. S 1 Kings 18:26; 1 Corinthians 12:2
  • 6. S Isaiah 45:20; Psalms 115:5,7
  • 7. Isaiah 41:23
  • 8. S Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:9-20; Isaiah 46:7; Acts 19:26
  • 9. S Exodus 8:10
  • 10. S 2 Samuel 7:22; S Psalms 48:1
  • 11. Jeremiah 5:22
  • 12. Psalms 22:28; S Isaiah 12:4; Revelation 15:4
  • 13. S Isaiah 44:18
  • 14. S Isaiah 40:19; S Jeremiah 4:22
  • 15. S Deuteronomy 32:21
  • 16. S Genesis 10:4
  • 17. Psalms 115:4; S Isaiah 40:19
  • 18. S Joshua 3:10; S Matthew 16:16
  • 19. S Genesis 21:33; Daniel 6:26
  • 20. S Psalms 18:7
  • 21. S Judges 5:4; S Job 9:6; Psalms 29:8
  • 22. Psalms 76:7; Jeremiah 21:12; Nahum 1:6
  • 23. Psalms 96:5; S Isaiah 2:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The text of this verse is in Aramaic.
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