Jer Jeremiah, chapter Book of Jeremiah, chapter 10
Hear ye the Davar which Hashem speaketh unto you, O Bais Yisroel. Thus saith Hashem:
Learn not the Derech HaGoyim,
and be not in awe of the otot HaShomayim;
though the Goyim are in awe of them.Deu 18:9
For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions;
for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest),
the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe.Isa 44:13
They deck it with kesef and with zahav;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it topple not.Isa 40:19
They10:5 the idols are upright as the tomer (palm tree),
but speak not;
they must needs be carried,
because they cannot go.
Be not afraid of them;
for they cannot do rah,
neither also is it in them to do tov.Psa 115:4; Isa 46:7
Forasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, Hashem;
Thou art gadol, and Thy Shem is gadol in gevurah.Psa 86:8
Who would not fear thee, O Melech HaGoyim?
For this is Thy due;
forasmuch as among all the chachamim of the Goyim,
and in kol malchut of them,
there is none like unto Thee.Rev 15:4
But they are altogether stupid and foolish;
the etz is a musar havalim (discipline of delusions).Psa 115:8; Isa 41:29; Hos 8:6
Hammered kesef is brought from Tarshish,
and zahav from Uphaz,
the ma'aseh (work, handiwork) of the charash (workman, artisan),
and of the hands of the goldsmith;
blue and purple is their10:9 the idolsʼ clothing;
they are all the ma'aseh (work) of skillful men.
But Hashem is the Elohim Emes,
He is the Elohim Chayyim, and the Melech Olam;
at His wrath ha'aretz shall tremble,
and the Goyim shall not be able to endure His indignation.Psa 10:16
Thus shall ye say unto them: The g-ds that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and min techot (from under) these heavens.Gal 4:8
He hath made eretz by His ko'ach,
He hath established the tevel (world) by His chochmah,
and hath stretched out Shomayim by His understanding.Psa 136:6; Jer 51:15
When He uttereth His voice,
there is a multitude of mayim in Shomayim,
and He causeth the clouds to ascend from the ends of ha'aretz;
He maketh lightnings with matar (rain),
and bringeth forth the ruach (wind) out of His Otzerot.Psa 135:7; Psa 148:4
Kol Adam is stupid in his da'as;
every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel (idol);
for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker,
and there is no ruach in them.Jer 51:17; Rom 1:22
They are hevel (vanity, delusion), and the ma'aseh (work) of delusion;
in the time of their pekudat (visitation, punishment) they shall perish.
The chelek of Ya'akov is not like them;
for the Yotzer HaKol (Maker of All, Creator of All) is He;
and Yisroel is the shevet (rod) of His nachalah;
Hashem Tzva'os Shmo.Jer 51:19
Gather up thy gear [for Exile] meEretz (from the Land),
O besieged inhabitant.
For thus saith Hashem:
Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of HaAretz at this time,
and will bring distress upon them, so that find they may.10:18 i.e., what they deserve
Oy li (woe is me) for my disaster!
My wound is grievous;
but I said: Truly this is a sickness,
and I must bear it.
My ohel is destroyed,
and all my tent cords are broken;
my banim are gone forth of me, and are no more;
there is none to pitch any more my ohel,
and to hang up my tent curtains.
For the ro'im (shepherds, pastors) are become stupid,
and inquire not of Hashem;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock has been scattered.Jer 50:6; Hos 9:7
Hinei, the noise! The report is come,
and a great commotion out of Eretz Tzafon,
to make the towns of Yehudah desolate,
and a haunt of jackals.Jer 1:14
Hashem, I know that the derech of adam (man) is not in himself;
it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.Psa 37:23; Pro 20:24
Hashem, correct me, but with mishpat;
not in Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.Psa 6:2; Psa 38:2
Pour out Thy fury upon the Goyim that know Thee not,
and upon the mishpekhot that call not on Shimecha (Thy Name);10:25 See Yoel 3:5; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13
for they have eaten up Ya'akov,
and devoured him, and consumed him,
and have made his habitation desolate.Psa 79:6