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1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
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1 Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
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2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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2 This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.
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3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
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3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
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4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne , because they cannot go . Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil , neither also is it in them to do good .
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5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
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6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
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6 No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
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7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain : forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
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7 Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
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8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish : the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
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8 They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
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9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder : blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
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9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple-- all made by skilled workers.
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10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble , and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
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11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
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11 "Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' "
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12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
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12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
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13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
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13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
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14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
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15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish .
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15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
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16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
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16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance-- the LORD Almighty is his name.
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17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
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17 Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
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18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
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18 For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."
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19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous : but I said , Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
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19 Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
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20 My tabernacle is spoiled , and all my cords are broken : my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
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20 My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
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21 For the pastors are become brutish , and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper , and all their flocks shall be scattered .
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21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
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22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come , and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
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22 Listen! The report is coming-- a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
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23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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23 I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.
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24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing .
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24 Correct me, LORD, but only with justice-- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
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25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate .
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25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.
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