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13 When his voice sounds there is thunder
    from the waters of heaven,
and he makes clouds rise up from
    the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
    and brings wind out of his storehouses.
14 Everyone is stupid[a] and without knowledge.
    Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
        for his images are false.[b]
There is no life[c] in them.
15 They’re worthless, a work of mockery,
    and when the time of punishment comes,[d]
        they’ll perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:14 I.e. like a beast
  2. Jeremiah 10:14 Lit. deception
  3. Jeremiah 10:14 Or breath
  4. Jeremiah 10:15 Lit. at the time of their punishment