LEB JER chapter 10

LEB JER Chapter 10

10 Hear the word that Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says Yahweh:“You must not learn the way of the nations,

Indeed, they must be carried,

You must not be afraid of them,

furthermore, to do good is not in them.”

For among all the wise men of the nations,

the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith.

Blue and purple are their clothing,

Because of his wrath the earth quakes,

11 “Thus[fn] you shall say to them,‘Gods who did not make the heavens and the earth

will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
12 He is the maker of the earth by his power, who created the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.
13 [fn] there is a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes the mist to rise from the ends[fn] of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

for his cast image is an illusion,

and there is no breath in them.
15 are vanity, a work of mockery, at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
16 is not like these, for he is the creator of everything,

and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance,

18 For thus says Yahweh,“Look, I am about to sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,

The Nation Accepts Its Judgment

But I said, “Surely this is my sickness,
- and I must bear it.”
- 20  and all my tent cords are torn.
My children have gone out from me,
- and they are not.
There is no one who pitches my tent again,
- or one who puts up my tent curtains.
- 21  they do not seek Yahweh.
[fn] they do not have insight,
- and all of their flock are scattered.
22 [fn] Look, it is coming,
- a great roar from the land of the north,
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
- a lair of jackals.
- 23 O Yahweh, that to the human is not his own way, nor to a person is the walking and the directing of his own step.
- 24 [fn] me, O Yahweh, but in moderation, not in your anger, lest you eradicate me.
- 25  and on the peoples that do not call on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob,
- they have devoured and consumed him,
- and they have caused his settlement to be desolate.

?:? Hebrew “scarecrow”

?:? Hebrew “kingdom”

?:? Literally “And in one”

?:? Literally “a king of eternity”

?:? Literally “Like this”

?:? Literally “At the voice of his giving”

?:? Hebrew “end”

?:? Literally “All humankind”

?:? Literally “from knowledge”

?:? Literally “Unto thus”

?:? Or “a report”

?:? Or “Discipline”