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Idolatry Has Brought Ruin on Israel

10Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.H8085H1697H3068H1696H1004H3478 2Thus says the LORD: Do not learn the way of the nations, or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them.H559H3068H3925H1870H1471H2865H226H8064H1471H2865H1992 3For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;H2708H5971H1892H3772H6086H3293H4639H3027H2796H4621 4people deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.H3302H3701H2091H2388H4548H4717H6328 5Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor is it in them to do good.H4749H8560H1696H5375H5375H6805H3372H7489H3190 6There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.H3068H1419H8034H1419H1369 7Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For that is your due; among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is no one like you.H3372H4428H1471H2969H2450H1471H4438 8They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction given by idols is no better than wood!H259H1197H3688H6086H4148H1892 9Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the artisan and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is blue and purple; they are all the product of skilled workers.H3701H7554H935H8659H2091H210H4639H2796H3027H6884H8504H713H3830H4639H2450 10But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.H3068H571H430H2416H430H5769H4428H7110H776H7493H1471H3557H2195 11Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.H1836H560H426H3809H5648H8065H778H7H772H8460H429H8065 12It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.H6213H776H3581H3559H8398H2451H5186H8064H8394 13When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and he brings out the wind from his storehouses.H5414H6963H1995H4325H8064H5387H5927H7097H776H6213H1300H4306H3318H7307H214 14Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols; for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.H120H1197H1847H6884H3001H6459H5262H8267H7307 15They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.H1892H4639H8595H6256H6486H6 16Not like these is the LORD, the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name.H2506H3290H3335H3478H7626H5159H3068H6635H8034

The Coming Exile

17Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who live under siege!H622H3666H776H3427H4692 18For thus says the LORD: I am going to sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, so that they shall feel it.H559H3068H7049H3427H776H6471H6887H4672 19Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is severe. But I said, "Truly this is my punishment, and I must bear it."H188H7667H4347H2470H559H389H2483H5375 20My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are no more; there is no one to spread my tent again, and to set up my curtains.H168H7703H4340H5423H1121H3318H5186H168H6965H3407 21For the shepherds are stupid, and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.H7462H1197H1875H3068H7919H4830H6327 22Hear, a noise! Listen, it is coming—a great commotion from the land of the north to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.H6963H8052H935H1419H7494H6828H776H7760H5892H3063H8077H4583H8577 23I know, O LORD, that the way of human beings is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.H3068H3045H1870H120H376H1980H3559H6806 24Correct me, O LORD, but in just measure; not in your anger, or you will bring me to nothing.H3068H3256H4941H639H4591 25Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the peoples that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.H8210H2534H1471H3045H4940H7121H8034H398H3290H398H3615H5116H8074


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