Jeremiah 10 — TOJB

10Verse 1Hear ye the Davar which Hashem speaketh unto you, O Bais Yisroel.^{Verse 2}Thus saith Hashem:
Learn not the Derech HaGoyim,
and be not in awe of the otot HaShomayim;
though the Goyim are in awe of them.
^{Verse 3}For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions;
for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest),
the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe.
^{Verse 4}They deck it with kesef and with zahav;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it topple not.
^{Verse 5}They⁺are upright as the tomer (palm tree),
but speak not;
they must needs be carried,
because they cannot go.
Be not afraid of them;
for they cannot do rah,
neither also is it in them to do tov.^{Verse 6}Forasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, Hashem;
Thou art gadol, and Thy Shem is gadol in gevurah.
^{Verse 7}Who would not fear thee, O Melech HaGoyim?
For this is Thy due;
forasmuch as among all the chachamim of the Goyim,
and in kol malchut of them,
there is none like unto Thee.
^{Verse 8}But they are altogether stupid and foolish;
the etz is a musar havalim (discipline of delusions).
^{Verse 9}Hammered kesef is brought from Tarshish,
and zahav from Uphaz,
the ma'aseh (work, handiwork) of the charash (workman, artisan),
and of the hands of the goldsmith;
blue and purple is their⁺clothing;
they are all the ma'aseh (work) of skillful men.
^{Verse 10}But Hashem is the Elohim Emes,
He is the Elohim Chayyim, and the Melech Olam;
at His wrath ha'aretz shall tremble,
and the Goyim shall not be able to endure His indignation.^{Verse 11}Thus shall ye say unto them: The g-ds that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and min techot (from under) these heavens.^{Verse 12}He hath made eretz by His ko'ach,
He hath established the tevel (world) by His chochmah,
and hath stretched out Shomayim by His understanding.
^{Verse 13}When He uttereth His voice,
there is a multitude of mayim in Shomayim,
and He causeth the clouds to ascend from the ends of ha'aretz;
He maketh lightnings with matar (rain),
and bringeth forth the ruach (wind) out of His Otzerot.
^{Verse 14}Kol Adam is stupid in his da'as;
every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel (idol);
for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker,
and there is no ruach in them.
^{Verse 15}They are hevel (vanity, delusion), and the ma'aseh (work) of delusion;
in the time of their pekudat (visitation, punishment) they shall perish.
^{Verse 16}The chelek of Ya'akov is not like them;
for the Yotzer HaKol (Maker of All, Creator of All) is He;
and Yisroel is the shevet (rod) of His nachalah;
Hashem Tzva'os Shmo.^{Verse 17}Gather up thy gear [for Exile] meEretz (from the Land),
O besieged inhabitant.
^{Verse 18}For thus saith Hashem:
Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of HaAretz at this time,
and will bring distress upon them, so that find they may.^{+Verse 19}Oy li (woe is me) for my disaster!
My wound is grievous;
but I said: Truly this is a sickness,
and I must bear it.
^{Verse 20}My ohel is destroyed,
and all my tent cords are broken;
my banim are gone forth of me, and are no more;
there is none to pitch any more my ohel,
and to hang up my tent curtains.
^{Verse 21}For the ro'im (shepherds, pastors) are become stupid,
and inquire not of Hashem;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock has been scattered.^{Verse 22}Hinei, the noise! The report is come,
and a great commotion out of Eretz Tzafon,
to make the towns of Yehudah desolate,
and a haunt of jackals.^{Verse 23}Hashem, I know that the derech of adam (man) is not in himself;
it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
^{Verse 24}Hashem, correct me, but with mishpat;
not in Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.^{Verse 25}Pour out Thy fury upon the Goyim that know Thee not,
and upon the mishpekhot that call not on Shimecha (Thy Name);⁺
for they have eaten up Ya'akov,
and devoured him, and consumed him,
and have made his habitation desolate.