Jeremiah 10:16-18

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¹⁶But Jacob’s God^[a] is not like the idols.
He made everything,
and Israel is the family that God chose to be his own people.
His name is Lord All-Powerful.

Destruction Is Coming

¹⁷Get everything you own and prepare to leave.
People of Judah, you are trapped in the city,
    and the enemy is all around it.
¹⁸This is what the Lord says:
“This time, I will throw the people of Judah out of this country.
    I will bring pain and trouble to them.
    I will do this so that they will learn their lesson.”^[b]

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 10:16 Jacob’s God Literally, “Jacob’s share.” This means that God and Jacob (the people of Israel) had a special relationship—God belonged to Israel, and Israel belonged to God.”
Jeremiah 10:18 they will learn their lesson The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.