Jeremiah 第10章
Idols and the Living God
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
10:3 Isa. 40:20; 45:20A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
410:4 Isa. 40:19They decorate it with silver and gold;
10:4 Isa. 41:7they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols10:5 Hebrew They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and 10:5 Ps. 115:5; 135:16; Hab. 2:18, 19; 1 Cor. 12:2they cannot speak;
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
10:5 Isa. 41:23for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
you are great, and your name is great in might.
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
the instruction of idols is but wood!
and gold from 10:9 Dan. 10:5Uphaz.
10:9 Isa. 40:19They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
10:9 Ps. 115:4they are all the work of skilled men.
10:10 Ps. 42:2he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
11Thus shall you say to them: 10:11 [Ps. 96:5] “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth 10:11 ver. 15; Isa. 2:18; Zech. 13:2shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”10:11 This verse is in Aramaic
10:12 Gen. 1:1, 6, 9; Ps. 104:5; Prov. 3:19who established the world by his wisdom,
and 10:12 Job 9:8by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
10:13 Ps. 135:7and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
1410:14 ver. 8; Prov. 30:2; [Rom. 1:22] Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
10:14 See Isa. 42:17every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
10:14 Ps. 135:17; Hab. 2:19and there is no breath in them.
15They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
for he is the one who formed all things,
10:16 Deut. 32:9and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
1710:17 [ch. 6:1; Ezek. 12:3]Gather up your bundle from the ground,
O you who dwell under siege!
18For thus says the Lord:
10:18 1 Sam. 25:29“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
10:18 Deut. 28:20and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”
19Woe is me because of my hurt!
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
10:20 ch. 31:15and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
10:21 Ezek. 34:5, 6and all their flock is scattered.
22A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
10:22 See ch. 1:13a great commotion out of the north country
to make 10:22 See ch. 9:11the cities of Judah a desolation,
10:22 See ch. 9:11a lair of jackals.
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
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