## Jeremiah Chapter 10

###### Jeremiah 10:1
[Jeremiah 10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:1)

שִׁמְע֣וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Yisra᾽el:


###### Jeremiah 10:2
[Jeremiah 10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:2)

כֹּ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶל־דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם֙ אַל־תִּלְמָ֔דוּ וּמֵאֹת֥וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם אַל־תֵּחָ֑תּוּ כִּי־יֵחַ֥תּוּ הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מֵהֵֽמָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.


###### Jeremiah 10:3
[Jeremiah 10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:3)

כִּֽי־חֻקּ֥וֹת הָעַמִּ֖ים הֶ֣בֶל ה֑וּא כִּי־עֵץ֙ מִיַּ֣עַר כְּרָת֔וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵי־חָרָ֖שׁ בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the customs of the people are vanity: a tree out of the forest is cut down, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.


###### Jeremiah 10:4
[Jeremiah 10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:4)

בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת יְחַזְּק֖וּם וְל֥וֹא יָפִֽיק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.


###### Jeremiah 10:5
[Jeremiah 10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:5)

כְּתֹ֨מֶר מִקְשָׁ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ נָשׂ֥וֹא יִנָּשׂ֖וּא כִּ֣י לֹ֣א יִצְעָ֑דוּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔עוּ וְגַם־הֵיטֵ֖יב אֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are like a rigid post, and they cannot speak; they must needs be carried, because they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.


###### Jeremiah 10:6
[Jeremiah 10:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:6)

מֵאֵ֥ין כָּמ֖וֹךָ יְהֹוָ֑ה גָּד֥וֹל אַתָּ֛ה וְגָד֥וֹל שִׁמְךָ֖ בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Forasmuch as there is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou art great, and Thy name is great in might.


###### Jeremiah 10:7
[Jeremiah 10:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:7)

מִ֣י לֹ֤א יִרָֽאֲךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם כִּ֥י לְךָ֖ יָאָ֑תָה כִּ֣י בְכׇל־חַכְמֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם וּבְכׇל־מַלְכוּתָ֖ם מֵאֵ֥ין כָּמֽוֹךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who would not fear Thee, O King of the nations? for to Thee it is fitting: for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like Thee.


###### Jeremiah 10:8
[Jeremiah 10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:8)

וּבְאַחַ֖ת יִבְעֲר֣וּ וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ מוּסַ֥ר הֲבָלִ֖ים עֵ֥ץ הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Stupid and senseless are they all: the teaching of their vain idols is but – wood!


###### Jeremiah 10:9
[Jeremiah 10:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:9)

כֶּ֣סֶף מְרֻקָּ֞ע מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁ יוּבָ֗א וְזָהָב֙ מֵֽאוּפָ֔ז מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָ֖שׁ וִידֵ֣י צוֹרֵ֑ף תְּכֵ֤לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ לְבוּשָׁ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֲכָמִ֖ים כֻּלָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Ufaz, the work of the crafts-man, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.


###### Jeremiah 10:10
[Jeremiah 10:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:10)

וַיהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱמֶ֔ת הֽוּא־אֱלֹהִ֥ים חַיִּ֖ים וּמֶ֣לֶךְ עוֹלָ֑ם מִקִּצְפּוֹ֙ תִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹא־יָכִ֥לוּ גוֹיִ֖ם זַעְמֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his anger the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.


###### Jeremiah 10:11
[Jeremiah 10:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:11)

כִּדְנָה֙ תֵּאמְר֣וּן לְה֔וֹם אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־שְׁמַיָּ֥א וְאַרְקָ֖א לָ֣א עֲבַ֑דוּ יֵאבַ֧דוּ מֵאַרְעָ֛א וּמִן־תְּח֥וֹת שְׁמַיָּ֖א אֵֽלֶּה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.


###### Jeremiah 10:12
[Jeremiah 10:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:12)

עֹשֵׂ֥ה אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּכֹח֔וֹ מֵכִ֥ין תֵּבֵ֖ל בְּחׇכְמָת֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹ נָטָ֥ה שָׁמָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his understanding.


###### Jeremiah 10:13
[Jeremiah 10:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:13)

לְק֨וֹל תִּתּ֜וֹ הֲמ֥וֹן מַ֙יִם֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה נְשִׂאִ֖ים מִקְצֵ֣ה (ארץ) [הָאָ֑רֶץ] בְּרָקִ֤ים לַמָּטָר֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹצֵא ר֖וּחַ מֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When his voice resounds with the great mass of water in the heavens, and he raises vapours from the ends of the earth; when he makes lightning flashes among the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his storehouses:


###### Jeremiah 10:14
[Jeremiah 10:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:14)

נִבְעַ֤ר כׇּל־אָדָם֙ מִדַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כׇּל־צוֹרֵ֖ף מִפָּ֑סֶל כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכּ֖וֹ וְלֹא־ר֥וּחַ בָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
every man becomes stupid, without knowledge: every founder is put to shame by his carved idol: for his molten image is false, and there is no breath in them.


###### Jeremiah 10:15
[Jeremiah 10:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:15)

הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּעֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are vanity, the work of delusion: in the time of their punishment they shall perish.


###### Jeremiah 10:16
[Jeremiah 10:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:16)

לֹֽא־כְאֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲקֹ֗ב כִּֽי־יוֹצֵ֤ר הַכֹּל֙ ה֔וּא וְיִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֵׁ֖בֶט נַחֲלָת֑וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The portion of Ya῾aqov is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Yisra᾽el is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.


###### Jeremiah 10:17
[Jeremiah 10:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:17)

אִסְפִּ֥י מֵאֶ֖רֶץ כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְ (ישבתי) [יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת] בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the besieged city.


###### Jeremiah 10:18
[Jeremiah 10:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:18)

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י קוֹלֵ֛עַ אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֑את וַהֲצֵרֹ֥תִי לָהֶ֖ם לְמַ֥עַן יִמְצָֽאוּ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.


###### Jeremiah 10:19
[Jeremiah 10:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:19)

א֥וֹי לִי֙ עַל־שִׁבְרִ֔י נַחְלָ֖ה מַכָּתִ֑י וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי אַ֛ךְ זֶ֥ה חֳלִ֖י וְאֶשָּׂאֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is the affliction, and I must bear it.


###### Jeremiah 10:20
[Jeremiah 10:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:20)

אׇהֳלִ֣י שֻׁדָּ֔ד וְכׇל־מֵיתָרַ֖י נִתָּ֑קוּ בָּנַ֤י יְצָאֻ֙נִי֙ וְאֵינָ֔ם אֵין־נֹטֶ֥ה עוֹד֙ אׇֽהֳלִ֔י וּמֵקִ֖ים יְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone out of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.


###### Jeremiah 10:21
[Jeremiah 10:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:21)

כִּ֤י נִבְעֲרוּ֙ הָרֹעִ֔ים וְאֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה לֹ֣א דָרָ֑שׁוּ עַל־כֵּן֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּ וְכׇל־מַרְעִיתָ֖ם נָפֽוֹצָה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.


###### Jeremiah 10:22
[Jeremiah 10:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:22)

ק֤וֹל שְׁמוּעָה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה בָאָ֔ה וְרַ֥עַשׁ גָּד֖וֹל מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֑וֹן לָשׂ֞וּם אֶת־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה שְׁמָמָ֖ה מְע֥וֹן תַּנִּֽים׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Yehuda desolate, and a den of jackals.


###### Jeremiah 10:23
[Jeremiah 10:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:23)

יָדַ֣עְתִּי יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א לָאָדָ֖ם דַּרְכּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־לְאִ֣ישׁ הֹלֵ֔ךְ וְהָכִ֖ין אֶֽת־צַעֲדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, I know that a man’s way is not his own; it is not in man to direct his steps as he walks.


###### Jeremiah 10:24
[Jeremiah 10:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:24)

יַסְּרֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֖ה אַךְ־בְּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ֖ פֶּן־תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, correct me, but in due measure, not in Thy anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.


###### Jeremiah 10:25
[Jeremiah 10:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/10:25)

שְׁפֹ֣ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֗ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יְדָע֔וּךָ וְעַל֙ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשִׁמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א קָרָ֑אוּ כִּֽי־אָכְל֣וּ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ וְאֶת־נָוֵ֖הוּ הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Pour out Thy fury upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the families that call not on Thy name: for they have devoured Ya῾aqov, devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.