1Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] which the LORD[H3068]speaketh[H1696] unto you, O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Learn[H3925] not the way[H1870] of the heathen[H1471], and be not dismayed[H2865] at the signs[H226] of heaven[H8064]; for the heathen[H1471] are dismayed[H2865] at them[H1992].
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For the customs[H2708] of the people[H5971] are vain[H1892]: for one cutteth[H3772] a tree[H6086] out of the forest[H3293], the work[H4639] of the hands[H3027] of the workman[H2796], with the axe[H4621].
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They deck[H3302] it with silver[H3701] and with gold[H2091]; they fasten[H2388] it with nails[H4548] and with hammers[H4717], that it move[H6328] not.
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They are upright[H4749] as the palm tree[H8560], but speak[H1696] not: they must needs[H5375] be borne[H5375], because they cannot go[H6805]. Be not afraid[H3372] of them; for they cannot do evil[H7489], neither also is it in them to do good[H3190].
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Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD[H3068]; thou art great[H1419], and thy name[H8034] is great[H1419] in might[H1369].
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Who would not fear[H3372] thee, O King[H4428] of nations?[H1471] for to thee doth it appertain[H2969]: forasmuch as among all the wise[H2450] men of the nations[H1471], and in all their kingdoms[H4438], there is none like unto thee.
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But they are altogether[H259]brutish[H1197] and foolish[H3688]: the stock[H6086] is a doctrine[H4148] of vanities[H1892].
9Silver[H3701] spread into plates[H7554] is brought[H935] from Tarshish[H8659], and gold[H2091] from Uphaz[H210], the work[H4639] of the workman[H2796], and of the hands[H3027] of the founder[H6884]: blue[H8504] and purple[H713] is their clothing[H3830]: they are all the work[H4639] of cunning[H2450] men.
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But the LORD[H3068] is the true[H571]God[H430], he is the living[H2416]God[H430], and an everlasting[H5769]king[H4428]: at his wrath[H7110] the earth[H776] shall tremble[H7493], and the nations[H1471] shall not be able to abide[H3557] his indignation[H2195].
11Thus[H1836] shall ye say[H560] unto them, The gods[H426] that have not[H3809]made[H5648] the heavens[H8065] and the earth[H778], even they shall perish[H7] from the earth[H772], and from under[H8460]these[H429]heavens[H8065].
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He hath made[H6213] the earth[H776] by his power[H3581], he hath established[H3559] the world[H8398] by his wisdom[H2451], and hath stretched out[H5186] the heavens[H8064] by his discretion[H8394].
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When he uttereth[H5414] his voice[H6963], there is a multitude[H1995] of waters[H4325] in the heavens[H8064], and he causeth the vapours[H5387] to ascend[H5927] from the ends[H7097] of the earth[H776]; he maketh[H6213]lightnings[H1300] with rain[H4306], and bringeth forth[H3318] the wind[H7307] out of his treasures[H214].
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Every man[H120] is brutish[H1197] in his knowledge[H1847]: every founder[H6884] is confounded[H3001] by the graven image[H6459]: for his molten image[H5262] is falsehood[H8267], and there is no breath[H7307] in them.
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They are vanity[H1892], and the work[H4639] of errors[H8595]: in the time[H6256] of their visitation[H6486] they shall perish[H6].
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The portion[H2506] of Jacob[H3290] is not like them: for he is the former[H3335] of all things; and Israel[H3478] is the rod[H7626] of his inheritance[H5159]: The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is his name[H8034].
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Gather up[H622] thy wares[H3666] out of the land[H776], O inhabitant[H3427] of the fortress[H4692].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold, I will sling[H7049] out the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776] at this once[H6471], and will distress[H6887] them, that they may find[H4672] it so.
19Woe[H188] is me for my hurt[H7667]! my wound[H4347] is grievous[H2470]: but I said[H559], Truly[H389] this is a grief[H2483], and I must bear[H5375] it.
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My tabernacle[H168] is spoiled[H7703], and all my cords[H4340] are broken[H5423]: my children[H1121] are gone forth[H3318] of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth[H5186] my tent[H168] any more, and to set up[H6965] my curtains[H3407].
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For the pastors[H7462] are become brutish[H1197], and have not sought[H1875] the LORD[H3068]: therefore they shall not prosper[H7919], and all their flocks[H4830] shall be scattered[H6327].
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Behold, the noise[H6963] of the bruit[H8052] is come[H935], and a great[H1419]commotion[H7494] out of the north[H6828]country[H776], to make[H7760] the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063]desolate[H8077], and a den[H4583] of dragons[H8577].
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O LORD[H3068], I know[H3045] that the way[H1870] of man[H120] is not in himself: it is not in man[H376] that walketh[H1980] to direct[H3559] his steps[H6806].
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O LORD[H3068], correct[H3256] me, but with judgment[H4941]; not in thine anger[H639], lest thou bring me to nothing[H4591].
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Pour out[H8210] thy fury[H2534] upon the heathen[H1471] that know[H3045] thee not, and upon the families[H4940] that call[H7121] not on thy name[H8034]: for they have eaten up[H398]Jacob[H3290], and devoured[H398] him, and consumed[H3615] him, and have made his habitation[H5116]desolate[H8074].