The True GOD.

Listen to the word that THE LORD addresses to
you, O house of Israel. Thus says THE LORD:

       Do not adopt the ways of the nations
          or become frightened at the signs in the
              heavens,
          even though the nations are terrified of
              them.
       For the carved images of the nations are
              powerless;
          they are nothing more than wood cut from a
              forest,
       fashioned with a knife by craftsmen
          and embellished with silver and gold.
       Then they are fastened with hammers and
              nails
          to prevent them from toppling.

       Like scarecrows in a cucumber field
          they are unable to speak,
       and they must be carried from place to place
          since they cannot walk.
       Do not be afraid of them,
          for they can do no harm,
          nor do they have any power to do good.

       O LORD, there is no one like YOU;
          YOU are great,
          and great is the might of YOUR name.
       Who would not fear YOU,
          O KING OF THE NATIONS?
          This is YOUR due.
       Of all the wisest men in the nations
          and throughout all their kingdoms,
          there is no one like YOU.

       They are all senseless and foolish,
          and the idols they venerate are nothing but
              wood,
       adorned with beaten silver from Tarshish
          and gold from Ophir.
       Their idols are the work of craftsmen and
              goldsmiths
          and clothed with violet and purple;
          all of them are the product of skilled
              workers.
       But THE LORD is THE TRUE GOD;
          HE is THE LIVING GOD and THE
              EVERLASTING KING.
       When confronted with HIS wrath the earth
              quakes,
          and no nation can endure HIS fury.

       Convey this message to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

       THE LORD made the earth by HIS power,
          established the world by HIS wisdom
          and spread out the heavens by HIS
              understanding.
       When HIS voice thunders forth,
          the waters in the heavens are in tumult,
       and HE brings forth clouds
          from the most remote areas of the earth.
       HE causes lightning to flash during the
              rainfall
          and brings forth the wind from HIS
              storehouses.

       Everyone is ignorant and devoid of
              knowledge;
          every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
       for the figures he molds are fraudulent,
          lacking even a semblance of breath.
       They are worthless, worthy only of mockery;
          when the time of judgment comes
          they will no longer exist.
       But not like these is THE PORTION OF
              JACOB,
          for HE is THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS,
       and Israel is the tribe of HIS heritage;
          THE LORD OF HOSTS is HIS name.


JEREMIAH: CHAPTER 10, VERSES 1 - 16