Jeremiah 10:3-16
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f for the customs of the peoples are vanity.
g A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
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h They decorate it with silver and gold;
i they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
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Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and j they cannot speak;
k they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
l for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good."
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m There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
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n Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
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o They are both p stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
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q Beaten silver is brought from r Tarshish,
and gold from s Uphaz.
q They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
t they are all the work of skilled men.
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u But the Lord is the true God;
v he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
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Thus shall you say to them: w "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth x shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
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y It is he who z made the earth by his power,
z who established the world by his wisdom,
and a by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
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b When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
c and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
c He makes lightning d for the rain,
c and he brings forth the wind e from his storehouses.
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f Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
g every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
h and there is no breath in them.
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They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
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Not like these is he who is i the portion of Jacob,
for he is the one who formed all things,
j and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
k the Lord of hosts is his name.
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Isaiah 44:9
All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
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Isaiah 40:20
He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
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Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
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Isaiah 41:7
The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
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Psalms 115:5
They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
Psalms 135:16
They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see.
Habakkuk 2:18 - 19
What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
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Psalms 115:7
They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
Isaiah 46:7
They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
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Isaiah 41:23
Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.
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Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
Psalms 86:8
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
Psalms 86:10
For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
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Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
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Isaiah 41:29
Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.
Habakkuk 2:18
What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
Zechariah 10:2
For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
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Jeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord ; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
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Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
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Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
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Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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Daniel 10:5
I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
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Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Psalms 31:5
Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
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Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
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Psalms 96:5
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
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Jeremiah 10:15
They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Isaiah 2:18
And the idols shall utterly pass away.
Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
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Jeremiah 10:12 - 16
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Jeremiah 51:15 - 19
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
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Job 9:8
Who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea.
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Job 38:34
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?
Psalms 104:6 - 7
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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Psalms 135:7
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
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Psalms 135:7
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
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Psalms 135:7
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
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Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
Job 5:10
He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields.
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Job 38:22
Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail.
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Jeremiah 10:8
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
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Isaiah 42:17
They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, "You are our gods.
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Psalms 135:17
They have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
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Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
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Deuteronomy 32:9
But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
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Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar - the Lord of hosts is his name:
Jeremiah 32:18
You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 50:34
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
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