Jeremiah 10

1“Hear the word that Yahweh is announcing to you, house of Israel. 2Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations, 3For the religious customs of these people are worthless. 4Then they decorate it with silver and gold. They strengthen it with hammer and nails so it will not fall over. 5What they make with their hands is like scarecrows in a cucumber field, because they, too, can say nothing, and they have to be carried because they cannot walk. 6There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in power. 7Who does not fear you, king of the nations? For this is what you deserve, 8They are all the same, they are brutish and stupid, disciples of idols that are nothing but wood. 9They bring hammered silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz made by artificers, 10But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God and eternal king. 11You will speak to them like this, “The gods that did not make the heavens and earth 12But it was he who made the earth by his power, and he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens. 13His voice makes the roar of waters in the heavens, and he brings up the mists from the ends of the earth. 14Every man has become ignorant, without knowledge. Every metalworker is put to shame by his idols. 15They are useless, the work of mockers; they will perish at the time of their punishment. 16But God, the portion of Jacob, is not like these, for he is the molder of all things. 17Gather your bundle and leave the land, you people who have been living under the siege. 18For Yahweh says this, “See, I am about to throw the inhabitants of the land out this time. 19Woe to me! Because of my broken bones, my wound is infected. 20My tent is devastated, and all of my tent cords are cut in two. 21For the shepherds are stupid and they do not seek Yahweh; 22The report of news has arrived, “See! It is coming, a great earthquake is coming from the land of the north 23I know, Yahweh, that the way of a man does not come from himself. No person walking directs his own steps. 24Discipline me, Yahweh, with justice, not in your anger or you would destroy me.