Jeremiah 10:4-14

Jeremiah 10:4-14

[4] They deck  it with silver  and with gold;  they fasten  it with nails  and with hammers,  that it move  [5] They are upright  as the palm tree,  but speak  not: they must needs  because they cannot go.  Be not afraid  of them; for they cannot do evil,  neither also is it in them to do good.  [6] Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD;  thou art great,  and thy name  is great  in might.  [7] Who would not fear  thee, O King  of nations?  for to thee doth it appertain:  forasmuch as among all the wise  men of the nations,  and in all their kingdoms,  there is none like unto thee. [8] But they are altogether  brutish  and foolish:  the stock  is a doctrine  of vanities.  [9] Silver  spread into plates  is brought  from Tarshish,  and gold  from Uphaz,  the work  of the workman,  and of the hands  of the founder:  blue  and purple  is their clothing:  they are all the work  of cunning  [10] But the LORD  is the true  God,  he is the living  God,  and an everlasting  king:  at his wrath  the earth  shall tremble,  and the nations  shall not be able to abide  his indignation.  [11] 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.  [12] 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.  [13] 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.  [14] 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.