Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish(A)
and gold from Uphaz.[a](B)
The work of a craftsman
and of a goldsmith’s hands
is clothed in blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
10 But the Lord is the true God;(C)
he is the living God(D) and eternal King.(E)
The earth quakes at his wrath,(F)
and the nations cannot endure his fury.

11 You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens(G) and the earth will perish from the earth(H) and from under these heavens.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:9 Or Ophir
  2. 10:11 This is the only Aramaic v. in Jr.

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(A)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(B)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,(C) the eternal King.(D)
When he is angry,(E) the earth trembles;(F)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.(G)

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(H) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.