Jeremiah 10:5-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵The idols of the other nations are like
    a scarecrow in a cucumber field.
They cannot walk.
    They cannot talk, and the people must carry them.
So don’t be afraid of their idols.
    They cannot hurt you.
And they cannot help you either.”

⁶Lord, there is no one like you.
    You are great!
    Your name is great and powerful!
⁷Everyone should respect you, King of all the nations.
    You deserve their respect.
There are many wise men among the nations,
    but not one of them is as wise as you.

⁸All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish.
    Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.
⁹They use silver from the city of Tarshish
    and gold from the city of Uphaz and make their statues.
Carpenters and metalworkers make the idols.
    They put blue and purple clothes on them.
    “Wise men” make these “gods.”
¹⁰But the Lord is the only true God.
    He is the only God who is alive.
    He is the King who rules forever.
The earth shakes when he is angry.
    The people of the nations cannot stop his anger.