Jeremiah 10

audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos domus Israhel

Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

haec dicit Dominus iuxta vias gentium nolite discere et a signis caeli nolite metuere quae timent gentes

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.

quia leges populorum vanae sunt quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manuum artificis in ascia

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

argento et auro decoravit illud clavis et malleis conpegit ut non dissolvatur

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

in similitudinem palmae fabricata sunt et non loquentur portata tollentur quia incedere non valent nolite ergo timere ea quia nec male possunt facere nec bene

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

non est similis tui Domine magnus tu et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

quis non timebit te o rex gentium tuum est enim decus inter cunctos sapientes gentium et in universis regnis eorum nullus est similis tui

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

argentum involutum de Tharsis adfertur et aurum de Ofaz opus artificis et manus aerarii hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum opus artificum universa haec

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Dominus autem Deus verus est ipse Deus vivens et rex sempiternus ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem eius

But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

sic ergo dicetis eis dii qui caelos et terram non fecerunt pereant de terra et de his quae sub caelis sunt

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

qui facit terram in fortitudine sua praeparat orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in caelo et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terrae fulgura in pluviam facit et educit ventum de thesauris suis

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

stultus factus est omnis homo ab scientia confusus est omnis artifex in sculptili quoniam falsum est quod conflavit et non est spiritus in eis

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

vana sunt et opus risu dignum in tempore visitationis suae peribunt

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

non est his similis pars Iacob qui enim formavit omnia ipse est et Israhel virga hereditatis eius Dominus exercituum nomen illi

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

congrega de terra confusionem tuam quae habitas in obsidione

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

quia haec dicit Dominus ecce ego longe proiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

vae mihi super contritione mea pessima plaga mea ego autem dixi plane haec infirmitas mea est et portabo illam

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

tabernaculum meum vastatum est omnes funiculi mei disrupti sunt filii mei exierunt a me et non subsistunt non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum et erigat pelles meas

My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

quia stulte egerunt pastores et Dominum non quaesierunt propterea non intellexerunt et omnis grex eorum dispersus est

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem et habitaculum draconum

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

scio Domine quia non est hominis via eius nec viri est ut ambulet et dirigat gressus suos

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

corripe me Domine verumtamen in iudicio et non in furore tuo ne forte ad nihilum redigas me

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

effunde indignationem tuam super gentes quae non cognoverunt te et super provincias quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt quia comederunt Iacob et devoraverunt eum et consumpserunt illum et decus eius dissipaverunt

Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.