Jeremiah 51:17-19
The Message
15-19 By his power he made earth.
His wisdom gave shape to the world.
He crafted the cosmos.
He thunders and rain pours down.
He sends the clouds soaring.
He embellishes the storm with lightnings,
launches the wind from his warehouse.
Stick-god worshipers look mighty foolish!
god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods!
Their gods are frauds, dead sticks—
deadwood gods, tasteless jokes.
They’re nothing but stale smoke.
When the smoke clears, they’re gone.
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing;
he put the whole universe together,
With special attention to Israel.
His name? God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
Jeremiah 51:17-19
New International Version
17 “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(A)
they have no breath in them.
18 They are worthless,(B) the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19 He who is the Portion(C) of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance(D)—
the Lord Almighty is his name.
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