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1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
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Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel.
2 Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,
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This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.
3 for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
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For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
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They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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