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The True God and Worthless Idols

10 Hear the message that the Lord has spoken to you, house of Israel. This is what the Lord says:

“Don’t learn the way of the nations,
    and don’t be terrified by signs in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified of them.
For the practices[a] of the people are worthless.
    Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest;
        it’s the work of the hands of a craftsman[b] with an ax.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:3 Or customs, ordinances
  2. Jeremiah 10:3 Or engraver; i.e. a wood carver