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10 The Lord is the true God;
    he’s the living God and the everlasting king.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

11 [a]Tell this to them: “The gods who[b] didn’t make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from these heavens.”

A Hymn of Praise to God

12 The Lord is[c] the one who made
    the world by his power,
who established the earth by his wisdom
    and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 This verse is in Aramaic, the language the exiles would speak in Babylon.
  2. Jeremiah 10:11 Lit. the one who
  3. Jeremiah 10:12 The Heb. lacks The Lord is

10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,(A) the eternal King.(B)
When he is angry,(C) the earth trembles;(D)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.(E)

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(F) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(G) the earth(H) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(I)
    and stretched out the heavens(J) by his understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.