Jeremiah 10:13-23

13 When He utters His 1voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the 2clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the 3wind from His storehouses.
14 Every man is 4stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.
15 They are 5worthless, a work of mockery; In the 6time of their punishment they will perish.
16 The 7portion of Jacob is not like these; For the 8Maker of all is He, And 9Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The 10LORD of hosts is His name.
17 11Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege!
18 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am 12slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found."
19 13Woe is me, because of my injury! My 14wound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I 15must bear it."
20 My 16tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My 17sons have gone from me and are no more. There is 18no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid And 19have not sought the LORD; Therefore * they have not prospered, And 20all their flock is scattered.
22 The sound of a 21report! Behold, it comes - A great commotion 22out of the land of the north - To 23make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
23 I know, O LORD, that 24a man's way is not in himself, 25Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

Cross References 25

  • 1. Psalms 29:3-9
  • 2. Job 36:27-29
  • 3. Psalms 135:7
  • 4. Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 51:17, 18
  • 5. Isaiah 41:24; Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 14:22
  • 6. Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 51:18
  • 7. Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 119:57; Jeremiah 51:19; Lamentations 3:24
  • 8. Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 10:12
  • 9. Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 74:2
  • 10. Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 32:18
  • 11. Ezekiel 12:3-12
  • 12. 1 Samuel 25:29
  • 13. Jeremiah 4:31
  • 14. Jeremiah 14:17
  • 15. Micah 7:9
  • 16. Jeremiah 4:20; Lamentations 2:4
  • 17. Jeremiah 31:15; Lamentations 1:5
  • 18. Isaiah 51:18
  • 19. Jeremiah 2:8
  • 20. Jeremiah 23:2
  • 21. Jeremiah 4:15
  • 22. Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 25:9
  • 23. Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 49:33
  • 24. Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 20:24
  • 25. Isaiah 26:7

Footnotes 4

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