Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Hear the word that
the
LORD
speaks
to
you, O house of Israel .
Hear ye
the word which
Jehovah
speaketh
unto
you, O house of Israel :
This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“Do
not
learn the ways
of the nations or
be terrified
by
the signs in
the
heavens,
though
the nations themselves
are terrified
by
them.
thus
saith
Jehovah,
Learn not
the way
of the nations ,
and
be not
dismayed
at
the signs of
heaven;
for
the nations are dismayed
at
them.
For the customs of the peoples are worthless
; they
cut
down
a tree from
the forest ;
it
is
shaped
with
a
chisel
by
the hands of a
craftsman
.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity
; for
one
cutteth
a tree out
of
the forest ,
the work
of
the
hands of the
workman
with
the
axe
.
They adorn
it with silver and gold and
fasten it with hammer
and
nails, so
that it will
not totter
.
They deck
it with silver and with
gold ;
they
fasten it with nails and
with
hammers
, that it move
not.
Like scarecrows
in
a cucumber
patch
, their
idols
cannot
speak .
They must be carried
because they cannot walk
. Do
not fear
them ,
for they can
do no
harm
, and
neither can
they
do any
good. ”
They
are
like a palm-tree
, of
turned
work,
and
speak not:
they must needs
be borne,
because they cannot go
. Be
not afraid
of
them ;
for they cannot
do evil
, neither is
it
in
them
to
do good.
There is none like You
, O LORD.
You
are
great, and Your
name is mighty
in power
.
There is none like unto
thee
, O Jehovah;
thou
art
great, and thy
name is great
in might
.
Who would
not fear You
, O King of nations? This
is
Your
due.
For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms
, there is none like You
.
Who should
not fear thee
, O King of the
nations? for to
thee
doth
it
appertain;
forasmuch
as
among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal
estate
, there is none like unto
thee
.
But they are altogether
senseless
and foolish ,
instructed
by
worthless
idols
made
of wood
!
But they are together
brutish
and foolish :
the
instruction
of idols
! it
is
but
a
stock.
Hammered
silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz —
the work of a
craftsman
from
the hands of a
goldsmith .
Their
clothes
are
blue and purple ,
all fashioned
by
skilled
workers
.
There
is
silver beaten
into
plates,
which
is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz ,
the work of the artificer
and
of
the
hands of the
goldsmith ;
blue and purple for
their
clothing;
they
are
all the
work
of
skilful
men
.
But the
LORD
is the true God; He is the living God and eternal
King .
The
earth
quakes
at His wrath, and the nations cannot
endure
His indignation.
But Jehovah
is the true God; he is the living God ,
and an
everlasting
King :
at his wrath the
earth
trembleth
, and the nations are
not
able
to
abide
his indignation.
Thus you
are
to
tell
them :
“These
gods
, who
have made neither
the heavens nor
the earth, will
perish from this
earth and from under these
heavens. ”
Thus shall
ye
say
unto
them, The
gods
that
have not
made the heavens and
the earth, these
shall
perish from the
earth ,
and from under the
heavens.
The
LORD
made the earth by His power ;
He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by
His
understanding.
He
hath
made the earth by his power ,
he hath
established the world by his wisdom ,
and by
his
understanding
hath
he
stretched out the heavens :
When He thunders
, the
waters in the heavens roar;
He causes
the clouds
to rise
from the ends of the earth .
He generates
the
lightning
with
the rain and brings
forth the wind from
His storehouses
.
when he uttereth
his
voice
, there
is
a
tumult
of
waters in the heavens ,
and
he causeth
the vapors
to ascend
from the ends of the earth ;
he maketh
lightnings
for
the rain ,
and bringeth
forth the wind out
of
his treasuries
.
Every man is senseless
and devoid
of
knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols.
For his molten images
are
a
fraud
, and there is no breath in them.
Every man is become
brutish
`
and is'
without
knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven
image;
for his molten image
is
falsehood
, and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless
, a work to
be
mocked.
In the time of their punishment
they will
perish.
They are vanity
, a work of
delusion:
in the time of their visitation
they shall
perish.
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 Hosts is His name.
The portion of Jacob is not like these ;
for he is the former
of all things ;
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance :
Jehovah
of hosts is his name.
Gather up your
belongings
from
this
land, you
who
live
under
siege.
Gather up thy
wares
out
of
the
land, O
thou
that
abidest
in
the
siege.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“
Behold, at
this
time
I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring
distress upon
them so
that they may be
captured
. ”
For thus
saith
Jehovah,
Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at
this
time,
and will
distress them ,
that they may feel
`it'
.
Woe to
me because of my brokenness;
my wound is grievous !
But I said, “
This is truly
my sickness
, and I must bear it. ”
Woe is
me because of my hurt!
my wound is grievous :
but I said, Truly
this is `
my '
grief
, and I must bear it.
My tent is destroyed, and all its
ropes
are snapped.
My sons
have
departed
from me and are no
more.
I
have
no
one
left
to pitch
my tent or
set up my curtains.
My tent is destroyed, and all my
cords
are broken:
my children
are
gone
forth
from me ,
and they
are not:
there
is
none
to spread
my tent any
more,
and
to
set up my curtains.
For the shepherds have
become senseless;
they
do
not seek
the
LORD.
Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock
is
scattered.
For the shepherds are
become brutish,
and
have
not inquired
of
Jehovah:
therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks
are
scattered.
Listen!
The sound
of a
report
is
coming—
a great commotion from
the
land
to
the north .
The cities of Judah will
be
made
a desolation, a haunt
for
jackals.
The voice
of tidings,
behold,
it
cometh,
and
a great commotion out
of
the north country,
to
make
the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place
of
jackals.
I
know,
O LORD
, that a
man’s
way is not his
own;
no
one
who
walks
directs
his own
steps.
O Jehovah
, I
know
that the
way of
man
is not in
himself:
it
is
not
in
man
that
walketh
to
direct
his steps.
Correct me, O
LORD,
but only
with
justice—
not in Your
anger, or
You
will
bring me to nothing.
O
Jehovah,
correct me, but in
measure:
not in thine
anger, lest
thou
bring me to nothing.
Pour out Your
wrath on
the nations that do
not acknowledge
You
, and on
the families that do
not
call on Your
name .
For they have devoured Jacob ;
they have consumed
him and finished
him off;
they
have devastated
his homeland
.
Pour out thy
wrath upon
the nations that know
thee
not, and upon
the families that call not
on thy
name :
for they have devoured Jacob ,
yea,
they have devoured
him and consumed
him ,
and
have laid
waste
his habitation
.
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