Jeremiah 10:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
9 They use silver from the city of Tarshish
and gold from the city of Uphaz and make their statues.
Carpenters and metalworkers make the idols.
They put blue and purple clothes on them.
“Wise men” make these “gods.”
10 But the Lord is the only true God.
He is the only God who is alive.
He is the King who rules forever.
The earth shakes when he is angry.
The people of the nations cannot stop his anger.
11 The Lord says, “Tell them this message:
‘These false gods did not make heaven and earth.
They will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.’”[a]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:11 Tell them this message … earth This part was written in Aramaic, not Hebrew. This was the language people used often when writing to people in other countries. It was also the language spoken in Babylon.
Jeremiah 10:9-11
New International Version
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(A)
and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(B)
is then dressed in blue and purple—
all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
he is the living God,(C) the eternal King.(D)
When he is angry,(E) the earth trembles;(F)
the nations cannot endure his wrath.(G)
11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(H) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.
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