Jeremiah 10:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Thus says the Lord: Learn not the way of the [heathen] nations and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, though they are dismayed at them,

American Standard Version (1901)

² thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

Common English Bible

² The LORD proclaims: Don’t follow the ways of the nations or be troubled by signs in the sky, even though the nations are troubled by them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Thus says the Lord: "Do not choose to learn according to the ways of the Gentiles. And do not be willing to dread the signs of heaven, which the Gentiles fear.

Jeremiah 10:2 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,

Jeremiah 10:1

Hear the word which יהוה  speaks to you, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 20:32

“And what comes up in your spirit shall never be, when you say, ‘Let us be like the gentiles, like the tribes in other lands, serving wood and stone.’

Leviticus 18:3

‘Do not do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where you dwelt. And do not do as they do in the land of Kenaʽ

Leviticus 20:23

‘And do not walk in the laws of the nation which I am driving out before you, for they do all these, and therefore I loathed them.

Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those gentiles.

Judges 6:10

‘And I said to you, “I am יהוה  your Elohim, do not fear the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. And you have not obeyed My voice.” ’ ”