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Jeremiah 10:7-13 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

7. Who would not revere you, O king of the nations? For you it is fitting. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you.

8. At the same time they are stupid and foolish, in the instruction of idols, it is wood.

9. Silver beaten from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith. Blue and purple are their clothing, all of them are the work of skillful people.

10. But Yahweh is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king. Because of his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his anger.

11. “Thus you shall say to them, ‘Gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.

12. He is the maker of the earth by his power, who created the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out heaven.

13. When he utters his voice there is a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes the mist to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he causes the wind to go out from his storehouses.

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