(KJV) Jeremiah 10¹

⥃The Sovereignty of God

[1] Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:² [2] Thus saith the Lord, Learn³ not the way of the heathen, and be⁴ not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. [3] For the customs⁵ of the people [are] vain: for [one⁶] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. [4] They deck⁷ it with silver and with gold; they fasten⁸ it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. [5] They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak⁹ not: they must needs be borne¹⁰, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil¹¹, neither also [is it] in them to do good. [6] Forasmuch as [there¹² is] none like unto thee, O Lord; thou¹³ [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might. [7] Who would¹⁴ not fear thee, O King¹⁵ of nations? for to thee¹⁶ doth it appertain: forasmuch as among¹⁷ all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee. [8] But they are altogether¹⁸ brutish¹⁹ and foolish: the stock²⁰ [is] a doctrine of vanities. [9] Silver²¹ spread into plates is brought from Tarshish²², and gold from Uphaz²³, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all²⁴ the work of cunning [men]. [10] But the Lord²⁵ [is] the true God²⁶, he [is] the living²⁷ God, and an everlasting king²⁸: at²⁹ his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations³⁰ shall not be able to abide his indignation. [11] Thus³¹ shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they³² shall perish from the earth, and from under³³ these heavens. [12] He hath made³⁴ the earth by his power, he hath established³⁵ the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched³⁶ out the heavens by his discretion. [13] When he uttereth³⁷ his voice, [there is] a multitude³⁸ of waters in the heavens, and he causeth³⁹ the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh⁴⁰ lightnings with⁴¹ rain, and bringeth⁴² forth the wind out of his treasures. [14] Every man⁴³ is brutish in [his] knowledge⁴⁴: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and⁴⁵ [there is] no breath in them. [15] They [are] vanity⁴⁶, [and] the work of errors: in the⁴⁷ time of their visitation they shall perish. [16] The portion⁴⁸ of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former⁴⁹ of all [things]; and Israel⁵⁰ [is] the rod of his inheritance: The Lord⁵¹ of hosts [is] his name.

⥃The Coming Captivity of Judah

[17] Gather up thy wares⁵² out of the land, O inhabitant⁵³ of the fortress.⁵⁴ [18] For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will⁵⁵ sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that⁵⁶ they may find [it so].

[19] [¶]Woe⁵⁷ is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly⁵⁸ this [is] a grief, and I must bear it. [20] My tabernacle⁵⁹ is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children⁶⁰ are gone forth of me, and they [are] not: [there⁶¹ is] none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. [21] For the pastors⁶² are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their⁶³ flocks shall be scattered. [22] Behold, the noise⁶⁴ of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, [and] a den⁶⁵ of dragons.

[23] [¶]O Lord, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.⁶⁶ [24] O Lord, correct⁶⁷ me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest⁶⁸ thou bring me to nothing⁶⁹. [25] Pour⁷⁰ out thy fury upon the heathen that know⁷¹ thee not, and upon the families that call⁷² not on thy name: for they have eaten⁷³ up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.