{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/jeremiah/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:38:15.418Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: and I will afflict them, so that they may be found. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is scattered. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the cities of Juda a desert, and a dwelling for dragons. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 10 (DRB)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 10](https://primebible.com/drb/jeremiah/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/jeremiah/10 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}