Verse 3
Jeremiah 10:3
World English Bible
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For the customs of the peoples are vanity;
for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי חֻקּ֥וֹת הָֽ/עַמִּ֖ים הֶ֣בֶל ה֑וּא כִּֽי עֵץ֙ מִ/יַּ֣עַר כְּרָת֔/וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵ֥י חָרָ֖שׁ בַּֽ/מַּעֲצָֽד
English Translation
For the statutes of the people are a vanity, for a tree from the forest is cut down, the work of the hands of a craftsman with a tool.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
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2
Yahweh says,
“Don’t learn the way of the nations,
and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky;
for...
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3
For the customs of the peoples are vanity;
for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
the work of the ha...
4
They deck it with silver and with gold.
They fasten it with nails and with hammers,
so that it can’t...
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5
They are like a palm tree, of turned work,
and don’t speak.
They must be carried,
because they can’t...
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6
There is no one like you, Yahweh.
You are great,
and your name is great in might.
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7
Who shouldn’t fear you,
King of the nations?
For it belongs to you.
Because among all the wise men o...
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8
But they are together brutish and foolish,
instructed by idols!
It is just wood.
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9
There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz,
the work of...
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10
But Yahweh is the true God (Elohim).
He is the living God (Elohim),
and an everlasting King.
At his...
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11
“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from...
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12
God (Elohim) has made the earth by his power.
He has established the world by his wisdom,
and by his...
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13
When he utters his voice,
the waters in the heavens roar,
and he causes the vapors to ascend from th...
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14
Every man has become brutish and without knowledge.
Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved...
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15
They are vanity, a work of delusion.
In the time of their visitation they will perish.
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16
The portion of Jacob is not like these;
for he is the maker of all things;
and Israel is the tribe o...
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17
Gather up your wares out of the land,
you who live under siege.
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18
For Yahweh says,
“Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
and will distre...
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19
Woe is me because of my injury!
My wound is serious;
but I said,
“Truly this is my grief, and I must...
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20
My tent has been destroyed,
and all my cords are broken.
My children have gone away from me, and the...
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21
For the shepherds have become brutish,
and have not inquired of Yahweh.
Therefore they have not pros...
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22
The voice of news, behold, it comes,
and a great commotion out of the north country,
to make the cit...
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23
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself.
It is not in man who walks to direct his steps...
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24
Yahweh, correct me, but gently;
not in your anger,
lest you reduce me to nothing.
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25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you,
and on the families that don’t call on your...
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