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Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Hear ye the
word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: |
| 2 | Thus saith
the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of
heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. |
| 3 | For the
customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the
work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. |
| 4 | They deck it
with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it
move not. |
| 5
| They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they
must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they
cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. |
| 6 | Forasmuch as
there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in
might. |
| 7 |
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth
it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all
their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. |
| 8 | But they are
altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. |
| 9 |
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the
work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their
clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. |
| 10 | But the LORD
is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath
the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his
indignation. |
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11 | Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not
made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from
under these heavens. |
| 12 | He hath made the earth by his power, he hath
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion. |
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13 | When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of
waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of
the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of
his treasures. |
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14 | Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every
founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood,
and there is no breath in them. |
| 15 | They are vanity, and the work
of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. |
| 16 | The
portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and
Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. |
| 17 |
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. |
| 18 |
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land
at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. |
| 19 | Woe
is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and
I must bear it. |
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20 | My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are
broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to
stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. |
| 21 | For the
pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall
not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. |
| 22 | Behold, the
noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to
make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. |
| 23 | O LORD,
I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to
direct his steps. |
| 24 | O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not
in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. |
| 25 | Pour out thy
fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not
on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him,
and have made his habitation desolate. |
