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1. Family of Israel, listen to what the Lord says to you.
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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. This is what he says: "Don't live like the people from other nations, and don't be afraid of special signs in the sky, even though the other 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. The customs of other people are worth nothing. Their idols are just wood cut from the forest, shaped by a worker with his chisel.
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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 decorate their idols with silver and gold. With hammers and nails they fasten them down so they won't fall over.
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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 idols are like scarecrows in melon fields; they cannot talk. Since they cannot walk, they must be carried. Do not be afraid of those idols, because they can't hurt you, and they can't help you either."
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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. Lord, there is no one like you. You are great, and your name is great and powerful.
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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. Everyone should respect you, King of the nations; you deserve respect. Of all the wise people among the nations and in all the kingdoms, none of them is as wise as 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. Those wise people are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden idols.
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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. Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, so the idols are made by craftsmen and goldsmiths. They put blue and purple clothes on the idols. All these things are made by skilled workers.
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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 only true God. He is the only living God, the King forever. The earth shakes when he is angry, and the nations cannot stand up to his anger.
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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. "Tell them this message: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth; they will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.'"
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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. God made the earth by his power. He used his wisdom to build the world and his understanding to stretch out the skies.
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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 thunders, the waters in the skies roar. He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth. He sends lightning with 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. People are so stupid and know so little. Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols, because those statues are only false gods. They have 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 worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, 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. But God, who is Jacob's Portion, is not like the idols. He made everything, and he chose Israel to be his special people. The Lord All-Powerful 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. Get everything you own and prepare to leave, you people who are trapped by your enemies.
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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. This is what the Lord says: "At this time I will throw out the people who live in this land. I will bring trouble to them so that they may be captured."
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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. How terrible it will be for me because of my injury. My wound cannot be healed. Yet I told myself, "This is my sickness; I must suffer through 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 ruined, and all its ropes are broken. My children have gone away and left me. No one is left to put up my tent again or to set up a shelter for me.
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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. The shepherds are stupid and don't ask the Lord for advice. So they do not have success, and all their flocks are scattered and lost.
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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 news is coming. A loud noise comes from the north to make the towns of Judah an empty desert and a home for wild dogs!
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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. Lord, I know that a person's life doesn't really belong to him. No one can control his own life.
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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. Lord, correct me, but be fair. Don't punish me in your anger, or you will destroy me.
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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 other nations that do not know you and do not pray to you. Those nations have destroyed Jacob's family. They have eaten him up completely and destroyed his homeland.
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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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