ULT JER Chapter 10

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

2 Thus says Yahweh, “Do not learn to the way of the nations,

and do not be dismayed at the signs of the heavens, for the nations are dismayed from them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are breath,

for a tree from the forest he cuts it down, the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.

4 With silver and gold he decorates it; with nails and hammers they fasten it, so that it will not totter.

5 They are like scarecrows of a cucumber field, and they do not speak, carrying, they are carried because they do not walk.

Do not be afraid of them, for they will not do harm, and also there is not good with them.”

6 There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in power.

7 Who would not fear you, king of the nations? For it is fitting to you,

for among all the wise of the nations and among all of their kingdoms there is no one like you.

8 And in one they are stupid and foolish, the instruction of vain things is wood.

9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of a craftsman,

and the hands of one who refines. Their clothing is violet and purple; the work of skilled ones are all of them.

10 But Yahweh is the true God, he is the living God and eternal king.

The earth quakes from his anger, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

11 You shall say like this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and earth

shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

12 The maker of the earth by his strength, the establisher of the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

13 At the sound of his uttering, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes mists to ascend from the end of the earth,

he makes lightning for the rain, and he brings out wind from his storehouses.

14 Every man is stupid; without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame from his idols,

for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15 They are vain, the work of mockery; they will perish at the time of their visitation.

16 Not like these is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things,

and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of hosts is his name.

17 Gather from the land your bundle, you one who dwells in the seige.

18 For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am slinging the ones who inhabit the land at this time.

I will cause them distress in order that they will find.”

19 Woe to me because of my breaking! My wound is severe,

But I said, “Surely this is affliction, and I will bear it.

20 My tent is devastated, and all of my cords are ripped apart.

My sons have gone from me and they are not. There is not one spreading out my tent again, raising up my tent curtains.

21 For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh,

therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

22 The sound of a report, Behold! It is coming, and a great commotion from the land of the north,

to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.”

23 I know, Yahweh, that of a man is not his way, and not to a man is walking and make firm his steps.

24 Discipline me, Yahweh, but in justice, not in your anger lest you diminish me.

25 Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you and on the clans that do not call on your name,

for they have consumed Jacob and they have consumed him and they have destroyed him and desolated his habitation.