Jeremiah 10:3–10

³For the ^ccustoms of the people are vain:

For ^done cutteth a tree out of the forest,

The work of the hands of the workman, ^ewith the axe.

^4fThey deck it with silver and with gold;

^gThey fasten it with nails and with hammers, ^ghthat it move not.

⁵They are ⁱupright as ^kthe palm tree, ^lbut speak not:

^mThey must needs be borne, because they cannot go.

Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil,

ⁿNeither also is it in them to do good.

⁶Forasmuch as there is ^onone like unto thee, O Lord;

^oThou art great, and thy name is great in might.

^7pWho would not fear thee, ^qO King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain:

Forasmuch as among all ^rthe wise men of the nations, and ^sin all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

⁸But they are altogether ^tbrutish and ^ufoolish:

^vThe stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁹Silver ^wspread into plates is brought from ^xTarshish,

And gold from ^yUphaz, the work of ^wthe workman, and of the hands of ^wthe founder:

^zBlue and ^apurple is their clothing:

^bThey are all the work of cunning men.

¹⁰But the Lord is the true God,

He is ^cthe living God, and an everlasting king:

At his wrath the earth shall tremble,

And the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.