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Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
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Thus 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.
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For 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;
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people deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
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Their idols a 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.
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There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
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