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Jeremiah 10:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

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People of Israel, you must trust the LORD to help and protect you.

You idols are nothing, and you are powerless. To worship you would be disgusting.

They are nothing, and they can do nothing— they are less than a passing breeze.

You think you're so good, but I'll point out the truth.

You told me to say that idols did not create the heavens and the earth, and that you, the LORD, will destroy every idol.

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the LORD our God.

But you, my people, have turned from me to burn incense to worthless idols. You have left the ancient road to follow an unknown path where you stumble over idols.

I will let him set Egypt's temples on fire, and he will either burn or carry off their idols. He will destroy the sacred monuments at the temple of the sun-god. Then Nebuchadnezzar will pick the land clean, just like a shepherd picking the lice off his clothes. And he will return safely home.

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

They should be ashamed of their disgusting sins, but they don't even blush. And so, when I punish Judah, they will end up on the ground, dead like everyone else.

In a foreign land my people are crying. Listen! You'll hear them say, “Has the LORD deserted Zion? Is he no longer its king?” I hear the LORD reply, “Why did you make me angry by worshipping useless idols?”

Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are mad.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.

All who worship worthless idols turn from the God who offers them mercy.

The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten for ever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.

Why are you doing this? We are humans just like you. Please give up all this foolishness. Turn to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

You worshipped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.

Don't worship idols! They don't have any power, and they can't help you or save you when you're in trouble.

But early the next morning, it had fallen over again and was lying face down on the floor in front of the chest. The body of the statue was still in one piece, but its head and both hands had broken off and were lying on the stone floor in the doorway.




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