{"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/kjv/jeremiah/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:43:16.191Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the customs of the people <i>are</i> vain: for <i>one</i> cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They <i>are</i> upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also <i>is it</i> in them to do good."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forasmuch as <i>there is</i> none like unto thee, O LORD; thou <i>art</i> great, and thy name <i>is</i> great in might."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise <i>men</i> of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, <i>there is</i> none like unto thee."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock <i>is</i> a doctrine of vanities."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple <i>is</i> their clothing: they <i>are</i> all the work of cunning <i>men</i>."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But the LORD <i>is</i> the true God, he <i>is</i> the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, <i>even</i> they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When he uttereth his voice, <i>there is</i> a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Every man is brutish in <i>his</i> knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image <i>is</i> falsehood, and <i>there is</i> no breath in them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They <i>are</i> vanity, <i>and</i> the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The portion of Jacob <i>is</i> not like them: for he <i>is</i> the former of all <i>things</i>; and Israel <i>is</i> the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> his name."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find <i>it so</i>."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this <i>is</i> a grief, and I must bear it."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they <i>are</i> not: <i>there is</i> none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, <i>and</i> a den of dragons."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"O LORD, I know that the way of man <i>is</i> not in himself: <i>it is</i> not in man that walketh to direct his steps."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 10 (KJV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 10](https://primebible.com/kjv/jeremiah/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/jeremiah/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}