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Jeremiah 10:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the LORD says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.” "
Jeremiah 10:18
Verse in Context
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16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Armies is his name.
17 Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
18 For the LORD says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
19 Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
20 My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.
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Jeremiah 10:1
"Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel!"
Jeremiah 10:2
"The LORD says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them."
Jeremiah 10:3
"For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax."
Jeremiah 10:4
"They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move."
Jeremiah 10:5
"They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”"
Jeremiah 10:6
"There is no one like you, LORD. You are great, and your name is great in might."
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