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1. Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O people of Israel.
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1. Hear H8085 ye H853 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 speaketh H1696 unto H5921 you , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 :
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2. The Lord says, "Do not learn the way of the nations. And do not be afraid of the things seen in the heavens, even if the nations are afraid of them.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Learn H3925 not H408 the way H1870 of the heathen H1471 , and be not H408 dismayed H2865 at the signs H4480 H226 of heaven H8064 ; for H3588 the heathen H1471 are dismayed H2865 at them H4480 H1992 .
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3. For the ways of the people are of no use. They cut wood from the trees. A workman cuts it with an ax.
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3. For H3588 the customs H2708 of the people H5971 are vain H1892 : for H3588 one cutteth H3772 a tree H6086 out of the forest H4480 H3293 , the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the workman H2796 , with the axe H4621 .
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4. They make it beautiful with silver and gold. They put it together with nails so that it cannot fall apart.
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4. 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 H3808 .
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5. Their false gods are like a wooden man set up in a vegetable field to make birds be afraid and stay away. They cannot speak. They must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot hurt you. And they cannot help you."
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5. They H1992 are upright H4749 as the palm tree H8560 , but speak H1696 not H3808 : they must needs be borne H5375 H5375 , because H3588 they cannot H3808 go H6805 . Be not H408 afraid H3372 of H4480 them; for H3588 they cannot H3808 do evil H7489 , neither H369 also H1571 is it in H854 them to do good H3190 .
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6. There is no one like You, O Lord. You are great, and Your name is great in power.
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6. Forasmuch as there is none H4480 H369 like unto thee H3644 , O LORD H3068 ; thou H859 art great H1419 , and thy name H8034 is great H1419 in might H1369 .
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7. Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For You should be honored with fear. Among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their lands, there is no one like You.
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7. Who H4310 would not H3808 fear H3372 thee , O King H4428 of nations H1471 ? for H3588 to thee doth it appertain H2969 : forasmuch H3588 as among all H3605 the wise H2450 men of the nations H1471 , and in all H3605 their kingdoms H4438 , there is none H4480 H369 like unto thee H3644 .
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8. They are all poor thinkers and foolish. What can they learn from a false god of wood?
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8. But they are altogether H259 brutish H1197 and foolish H3688 : the stock H6086 is a doctrine H4148 of vanities H1892 .
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9. Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of an able workman and of one who works with gold. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of able workmen.
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9. Silver H3701 spread into plates H7554 is brought H935 from Tarshish H4480 H8659 , and gold H2091 from Uphaz H4480 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 H3605 the work H4639 of cunning H2450 men .
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10. But the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and the King Who lives forever. The earth shakes at His anger. And the nations cannot last when He is angry.
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10. But the LORD H3068 is the true H571 God H430 , he H1931 is the living H2416 God H430 , and an everlasting H5769 king H4428 : at his wrath H4480 H7110 the earth H776 shall tremble H7493 , and the nations H1471 shall not H3808 be able to abide H3557 his indignation H2195 .
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11. This is what you should say to them: "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will be destroyed from the earth and from under the heavens."
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11. Thus H1836 shall ye say H560 unto them , The gods H426 that H1768 have not H3809 made H5648 the heavens H8065 and the earth H778 , even they shall perish H7 from the earth H4481 H772 , and from H4481 under H8460 these H429 heavens H8065 .
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12. It is He Who made the earth by His power, and the world by His wisdom. By His understanding He has spread out the heavens.
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12. 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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13. When He speaks, there is a storm of waters in the heavens. He makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and brings out the wind from His storehouses.
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13. When he uttereth H5414 his voice H6963 , there is a multitude H1995 of waters H4325 in the heavens H8064 , and he causeth the vapors H5387 to ascend H5927 from the ends H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 ; he maketh H6213 lightnings H1300 with rain H4306 , and bringeth forth H3318 the wind H7307 out of his treasures H4480 H214 .
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14. Every man is a poor thinker and without learning. Every one who works with gold is put to shame by his false gods. For his objects of worship fool people. There is no breath in them.
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14. Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 in his knowledge H4480 H1847 : every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image H4480 H6459 : for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood H8267 , and there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.
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15. They are without worth, and make fun of the truth. In the time of their punishment, they will be destroyed.
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15. They H1992 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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16. He Who is the God of Jacob is not like these, for He has made all things. And Israel is His chosen family. The Lord of All is His name.
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16. The portion H2506 of Jacob H3290 is not H3808 like them H428 : for H3588 he H1931 is the former H3335 of all H3605 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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17. Pick up your load from the ground, you who are shut in by armies!
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17. Gather up H622 thy wares H3666 out of the land H4480 H776 , O inhabitant H3427 of the fortress H4693 .
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18. For the Lord says, "See, I am throwing out the people of the land at this time. And I will trouble them, that they may feel it."
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18. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Behold H2009 , I will sling out H7049 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 at this H2063 once H6471 , and will distress H6887 them, that H4616 they may find H4672 it so .
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19. It is bad for me because I am hurt! My sore cannot be healed. But I said, "For sure this sickness is mine, and I must suffer with it."
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19. Woe H188 is me for H5921 my hurt H7667 ! my wound H4347 is grievous H2470 : but I H589 said H559 , Truly H389 this H2088 is a grief H2483 , and I must bear H5375 it.
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20. My tent is destroyed and all my ropes are broken. My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to put up my tent again or to set up my curtains.
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20. My tabernacle H168 is spoiled H7703 , and all H3605 my cords H4340 are broken H5423 : my children H1121 are gone forth H3318 of me , and they are not H369 : there is none H369 to stretch forth H5186 my tent H168 any more H5750 , and to set up H6965 my curtains H3407 .
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21. For the shepherds are poor thinkers and have not asked for the Lord's help. So they have not done well, and all their flock is sent different places.
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21. For H3588 the pastors H7462 are become brutish H1197 , and have not H3808 sought H1875 the LORD H3068 : therefore H5921 H3651 they shall not H3808 prosper H7919 , and all H3605 their flocks H4830 shall be scattered H6327 .
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22. Listen, the sound of news! See, it comes! Much noise of moving is coming out of the land of the north to destroy the cities of Judah, and to make it a place where wild dogs live.
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22. Behold H2009 , the noise H6963 of the bruit H8052 is come H935 , and a great H1419 commotion H7494 out of the north country H4480 H776 H6828 , to make H7760 H853 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 desolate H8077 , and a den H4583 of dragons H8577 .
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23. O Lord, I know that a man's way is not known by himself. It is not in man to lead his own steps.
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23. O LORD H3068 , I know H3045 that H3588 the way H1870 of man H120 is not H3808 in himself: it is not H3808 in man H376 that walketh H1980 to direct H3559 H853 his steps H6806 .
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24. Punish me when I need it, O Lord, but be fair. Do not punish me in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
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24. O LORD H3068 , correct H3256 me , but with H389 judgment H4941 ; not H408 in thine anger H639 , lest H6435 thou bring me to nothing H4591 .
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25. Pour out Your anger on the nations that do not know You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have destroyed Jacob. They have destroyed him and have laid waste his land.
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25. Pour out H8210 thy fury H2534 upon H5921 the heathen H1471 that H834 know H3045 thee not H3808 , and upon H5921 the families H4940 that H834 call H7121 not H3808 on thy name H8034 : for H3588 they have eaten up H398 H853 Jacob H3290 , and devoured H398 him , and consumed H3615 him , and have made his habitation H5116 desolate H8074 .
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