Jeremiah 10:6–16

⁶There is none like you, O Lord;

you are great, and your name is great in might.^*

⁷Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?

For that is your due;

among all the wise ones of the nations

and in all their kingdoms

there is no one like you.^*

⁸They are both stupid and foolish;

the instruction given by idols

is no better than wood!^o*

⁹Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish

and gold from Uphaz.

They are the work of the artisan and of the hands of the goldsmith;

their clothing is blue and purple;

they are all the product of skilled workers.^*

¹⁰But the Lord is the true God;

he is the living God and the everlasting King.

At his wrath the earth quakes,

and the nations cannot endure his indignation.^p*

¹¹Thus 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.^q*

¹²It is he who made the earth by his power,

who established the world by his wisdom

and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.^*

¹³When 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 brings out the wind from his storehouses.^*

¹⁴Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;

goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,

for their images are false,

and there is no breath in them.^*

¹⁵They are worthless, a work of delusion;

at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like these,

for he is the one who formed all things,

and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;

the Lord of hosts is his name.^*