Idols and the True God
1 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus says the Lord:
a“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
a“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are1 futile;
For aone cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
For aone cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They afasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
They afasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And athey cannot speak;
They must be bcarried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For cthey cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
And athey cannot speak;
They must be bcarried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For cthey cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
7 aWho would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For bamong all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
For this is Your rightful due.
For bamong all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
9 Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And agold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all bthe work of skillful men.
It is brought from Tarshish,
And agold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all bthe work of skillful men.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is athe living God and the beverlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
He is athe living God and the beverlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
11 Thus you shall say to them: a“The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth bshall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
12 He ahas made the earth by His power,
He has bestablished the world by His wisdom,
And chas stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
He has bestablished the world by His wisdom,
And chas stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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