28 / 02 / 2020

HEAR the word of which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, for Gentiles are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the people are futile; for one cut a tree from the forest, the work of the hand of workman, with the ax.

4 They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammer so that it will not topple.

5 They are upright, like a palm tree, and they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, for the cannot do evil , nor can they do any good"

6 Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD ( You are great, and Your name is great in might ),

7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due, for among all these wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

8 But they are altogather dull hearted and foolish; a wooden idol is worthless doctrine.

9 Silver is beaten into plates; it is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of metalsmith; blue and purple are their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, and the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

11 Thus you shall say to them: "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.

12 He has made the erath by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

13 When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens: "And He causes the vapor to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightening for the rain, He bring the wind out of His treasuries."

14 Everyone is dull - hearted, without knowledge; every metalsmith is put to shame by for his molded image is false hood, and there is no breath in them.

15 They are futile, work of errors; in the time of punishment they shall perish.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like them, for He is Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.

17 Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitants of the land, and will distress them, that they may find it so."

19 Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. but I say, "Truely this is an infirmity, and I must bear it."

20 My tent is plundered, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and there are no more.There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, or set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds have become dull heared, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

22 Behold, the noise of report has come, and great commotion out of the north countery, to make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.

23 O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.

24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You, and on the families who do not call on Your name; for they have eaten up Jacob, decoured him and consumed him, and made his dwelling place desolate.JEREMIAH 10