1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the LORD: Learn not the customs of the nations, and have no fear of the signs of the heavens, though the nations fear them.
3 For the cult idols of the nations are nothing, wood cut from the forest, Wrought by craftsmen with the adze,
4 adorned with silver and gold. With nails and hammers they are fastened, that they may not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, they cannot speak; They must be carried about, for they cannot walk. Fear them not, they can do no harm, neither is it in their power to do good.
6 No one is like you, O LORD, great are you, great and mighty is your name.
7 Who would not fear you, King of the nations, for it is your due! Among all the wisest of the nations, and in all their domain, there is none like you.
8 One and all they are dumb and senseless, these idols they teach about are wooden:
9 Silver strips brought from Tarshish, and gold from Ophir, The work of the craftsman and the handiwork of the smelter, Clothed with violet and purple- all of them the work of artisans.
10 The LORD is true God, he is the living God, the eternal King, Before whose anger the earth quakes, whose wrath the nations cannot endure:
11 Thus shall you say of them: Let the gods that did not make heaven and earth perish from the earth, and from beneath these heavens!
12 He who made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his skill.
13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar, and he brings up clouds from the end of the earth; He makes the lightning flash in the rain, and releases stormwinds from their chambers.
14 Every man is stupid, ignorant; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He has molded a fraud, without breath of life.
15 Nothingness are they, a ridiculous work; they will perish in their time of punishment.
16 Not like these is the portion of Jacob: he is the creator of all things; Israel is his very own tribe, LORD of hosts is his name.
17 Lift your bundle and leave the land, O city living in a state of siege!
18 For thus says the LORD: Behold, this time I will sling away the inhabitants of the land; I will hem them in, that they may be taken.
19 Woe is me! I am undone, my wound is incurable; Yet I had thought: if I make light of my wound, I can bear it.
20 My tent is ruined, all its cords are severed. My sons have left me, they are no more: no one to pitch my tent, no one to raise its curtains.
21 Yes, the shepherds were stupid as cattle, the LORD they sought not; Therefore they had no success, and all their flocks were scattered.
22 Listen! a noise! it comes closer, a great uproar from the northern land: To turn the cities of Judah into a desert haunt of jackals.
23 You know, O LORD, that man is not master of his way; Man's course is not within his choice, nor is it for him to direct his step.
24 Punish us, O LORD, but with equity, not in anger, lest you have us dwindle away.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, on the tribes that call not upon your name; For they have devoured Jacob utterly, and laid waste his dwelling.
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 10:
Jeremiah 10 is a chapter that deals with the sin of idolatry and the warning of the prophet to the people of Judah to move away from these practices and return to the true God. The verses selected below deal with this theme:
Psalm 115:4-8: "Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands. They have mouth, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear; they have nose, but they do not smell; they have; hands, but do not feel; they have feet, but they do not walk; no sound comes out of your throat. " This psalm describes the futility of idols, which are works at the hands of men and have no power or life.
Isaiah 44:9-20: This whole excerpt is a warning of the prophet Isaiah against idolatry and the construction of wood and metal images. He points to the contradiction of these practices, since men love an object they themselves created and has no power or life.
1 Corinthians 8:4-6: "How much, when eating from things sacrificed to idols, we know that the idol is nothing in the world and that there is only one God. In heaven wants upon the earth, as there are many gods and many gentlemen, but for us, there is only one God, the Father, whom are all things and to whom we live; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by which They are all things, and we also for him. " In this excerpt from Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he teaches that idols are nothing and that there is only a true God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:22-31: In this text, the apostle Paul tells the Athenians about the unknown God they worshiped, but who is in fact the creator God of all things. He points to the contradiction of worshiping idols and gods made by human hands, when the true God cannot be contained in material objects.
2 Corinthians 6:16-18: "What agreement is between the temple of God and the idols? For we are sanctuary of the living God, as He said: I will dwell and walk among them; I will be your God, and they will be mine People. Therefore, I came out of them, and separate, say the Lord; shall not touch impure things; and I will receive you, will be your Father, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the almighty Lord. " In this excerpt from Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he urges Christians to separate from idolatry and become sanctuaries of the living God.
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