Verse 22
Jeremiah 10:22
Free Bible Version
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Listen to the news that a noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah will be knocked down, they will be places where only jackals live.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ק֤וֹל שְׁמוּעָה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֔ה וְ/רַ֥עַשׁ גָּד֖וֹל מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֑וֹן לָ/שׂ֞וּם אֶת עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה שְׁמָמָ֖ה מְע֥וֹן תַּנִּֽים
English Translation
A voice of rumor, behold, it comes, and a great shaking from the north to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of dragons.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel.
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This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they a...
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3
The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a crafts...
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4
They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
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5
Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried arou...
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6
There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful!
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7
Everyone should respect you, King of the nations. This is how you should be treated. There's no one...
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8
Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by use...
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9
Sheets of hammered silver are shipped in from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, to be used by craftsmen...
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10
But the Lord is the only true God (Elohim). He is the living God (Elohim) and eternal King. The eart...
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11
This is what you are to tell the nations: “These gods, who didn't make either the heavens or the ear...
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12
It was God (Elohim) who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his u...
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13
The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over...
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14
Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they mak...
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15
They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment...
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16
The God (Elohim) of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the Creator of everything, and Israel i...
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17
You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave,
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18
because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this...
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19
The people of Jerusalem responded, “We're suffering terribly because we've been badly hurt—our injur...
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20
Our tents have been destroyed; all our ropes have been broken. Our children have been taken from us...
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21
The “shepherds” have become stupid—they don't ask the Lord for advice. That's why they have failed,...
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22
Listen to the news that a noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah wil...
23
I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their w...
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24
Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me!
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25
Pour out your fury on the nations that don't recognize you as God (Elohim), and on their families th...
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