Jeremiah 10:3-10

Tree of Life Version

³ The customs of the peoples are useless:
    it is just a tree cut from the forest,
    the work of the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
⁴ They decorate it with silver and gold,
    and fasten it with hammer and nails
        so it won’t totter.
⁵ Like a scarecrow in a cucumber garden,
    their idols cannot speak.
    They must be carried
        because they cannot walk!^[a]
    Do not fear them
        for they can do no harm
        —nor do any good.”
⁶ There is none like You, Adonai!
    You are great
    and great is Your Name in power.
⁷ Who should not fear You,
    Ruler of the nations?
    For it is your due!
    For among all the wise of the nations
        and in all their kingdoms,
        there is none like You.
⁸ They are totally stupid and foolish.
    Discipline is useless—it’s wood!
⁹ Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish
        and gold from Uphaz.
    The work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith’s hands
        is clothed in blue and purple—
        all the work of skillful men.
¹⁰ But Adonai Elohim is truth.
    He is the living God and eternal King.
    At His wrath the earth quakes
    and the nations cannot endure His indignation.