10
1 Hear
the word which
the LORD speaks
to you, house
of Israel!
2 The
LORD says,
“Don’t learn the
way of the
nations,
and don’t be
dismayed at
the signs of the
sky;
for the nations
are dismayed at
them.
3 For
the customs of
the peoples are
vanity;
for one cuts
a tree out
of the forest,
the work of
the hands of
the workman with
the ax.
4 They
deck it with
silver and with
gold.
They fasten it
with nails and
with hammers,
so that it
can’t move.
5 They
are like a
palm tree,
of turned work,
and don’t speak.
They must be
carried,
because they can’t
move.
Don’t be afraid
of them;
for they can’t
do evil,
neither is it
in them to
do good.”
6 There
is no one like
you, LORD.
You are great,
and your name
is great in
might.
7 Who shouldn’t
fear you,
King of the
nations?
For it belongs to
you.
Because among all
the wise men
of the nations,
and in all
their royal estate,
there is no
one like you.
8 But
they are together brutish
and foolish,
instructed by idols!
It is just wood.
9 There
is silver beaten
into plates, which
is brought from
Tarshish,
and gold
from Uphaz,
the work of
the engraver and
of the hands
of the goldsmith.
Their clothing is
blue and purple.
They are all
the work of
skillful men.
10 But
the LORD is
the true God.
He is the
living God,
and an
everlasting King.
At his wrath,
the earth trembles.
The nations aren’t able
to withstand his
indignation.
11 “You shall
say this to them: ‘The
gods that have not
made the heavens
and the earth
will perish from
the earth, and
from under the
heavens.’ ”
12 God
has made the
earth by his
power.
He has
established the
world by his
wisdom,
and by his
understanding has
he stretched out
the heavens.
13 When
he utters his
voice,
the waters in
the heavens roar,
and he causes
the vapors to
ascend from the
ends of the
earth.
He makes
lightnings for the
rain,
and brings the
wind out of
his treasuries.
14 Every
man has become
brutish and
without knowledge.
Every goldsmith
is disappointed by
his engraved image;
for his molten
image is falsehood,
and there is
no breath in
them.
15 They
are vanity, a
work of delusion.
In the time
of their
visitation they
will perish.
16 The
portion of Jacob
is not like
these;
for he is
the maker of
all things;
and Israel is
the tribe of
his inheritance.
The LORD of
Armies is his
name.
17 Gather up
your wares out
of the land,
you who live
under siege.
18 For
the LORD says,
“Behold, I will
sling out the
inhabitants of
the land at this
time,
and will distress
them, that they
may feel it.”
19 Woe is
me because of
my injury!
My wound is
serious;
but I said,
“Truly this is my
grief, and I
must bear it.”
20 My
tent has been
destroyed,
and all my
cords are broken.
My children have
gone away from
me, and they
are no more.
There is no
one to spread
my tent any
more,
to set up
my curtains.
21 For
the shepherds have
become brutish,
and have not
inquired of the
LORD.
Therefore they
have not prospered,
and all their
flocks have
scattered.
22 The
voice of news,
behold, it comes,
and a great
commotion out of
the north country,
to make the
cities of Judah
a desolation,
a dwelling place
of jackals.
23 LORD,
I know that
the way of
man is not
in himself.
It is not
in man who
walks to direct
his steps.
24 LORD,
correct me,
but gently;
not in your anger,
lest you reduce
me to nothing.
25 Pour
out your wrath
on the nations
that don’t know
you,
and on the
families that don’t
call on your
name;
for they have
devoured Jacob.
Yes, they have
devoured him,
consumed him,
and have laid
waste his
habitation.