Jeremiah 10:11–15

Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

It is he who made the earth by his power,

who established the world by his wisdom,

and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Every man is stupid and without knowledge;

every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,

for his images are false,

and there is no breath in them.

They are worthless, a work of delusion;

at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

“Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ ”

But God made the earth by his power;

he founded the world by his wisdom

and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;

he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.

He sends lightning with the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;

every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.

The images he makes are a fraud;

they have no breath in them.

They are worthless, the objects of mockery;

when their judgment comes, they will perish.

You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

He made the earth by his power,

established the world by his wisdom,

and spread out the heavens by his understanding.

When he thunders,

the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,

and he causes the clouds to rise

from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant.

Every goldsmith is put to shame

by his carved image,

for his cast images are a lie;

there is no breath in them.

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.

At the time of their punishment

they will be destroyed.

Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

But the Lord made the earth by his power,

and he preserves it by his wisdom.

With his own understanding

he stretched out the heavens.

When he speaks in the thunder,

the heavens roar with rain.

He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.

He sends the lightning with the rain

and releases the wind from his storehouses.

The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!

The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,

for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.

These idols have no breath or power.

Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!

On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.

“Thus you shall say to them,

‘Gods who did not make the heavens and the earth

will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.

He is the maker of the earth by his power,

who created the world by his wisdom,

and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.

When he utters his voice there is a noise of water in the heavens,

and he causes the mist to rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain,

and he causes the wind to go out from his storehouses.

Everyone is stupid, without knowledge,

every goldsmith is ashamed by his divine image,

for his cast image is an illusion,

and there is no breath in them.

They are vanity, a work of mockery,

at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

He hath made the earth by his power,

He hath established the world by his wisdom,

And hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,

And he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth;

He maketh lightnings with rain,

And bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Every man is brutish in his knowledge:

Every founder is confounded by the graven image:

For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

They are vanity, and the work of errors:

In the time of their visitation they shall perish.