{"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/web/jeremiah/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:22:43.287Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thus says Yahweh, |Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 axe."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it appertains to you; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"You shall say this to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it]."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, and on the families that don't call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 10 (WEB)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 10](https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/jeremiah/10 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}