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A Hymn of Praise to God

12 The Lord is[a] the one who made
    the world by his power,
who established the earth by his wisdom
    and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
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[b] and without knowledge.
    Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
        for his images are false.[c]
There is no life[d] in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:12 The Heb. lacks The Lord is
  2. Jeremiah 10:14 I.e. like a beast
  3. Jeremiah 10:14 Lit. deception
  4. Jeremiah 10:14 Or breath

12 But God made(A) the earth(B) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(C)
    and stretched out the heavens(D) by his understanding.
13 When he thunders,(E) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning(F) with the rain(G)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(H)

14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed(I) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(J)
    they have no breath in them.

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