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Idols and the Living God
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
The Sovereignty of God
Hear the word that Jehovah speaketh unto you, house of Israel.
Hear the word that Jehovah speaketh unto you, house of Israel.
Thus says the Lord:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
Thus saith Jehovah: Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them.
For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
They decorate it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
you are great, and your name is great in might.
There is none like unto thee, Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
They are both stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
the instruction of idols is but wood!
But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz.
They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
they are all the work of skilled men.
and gold from Uphaz.
They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
they are all the work of skilled men.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful [men].
But the Lord is the true God;
he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
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.
It is he who made the earth by his power,
who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and he 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 vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
and there is no breath in them.
every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
and there is no breath in them.
Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob,
for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
the Lord of hosts is his name.
for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
the Lord of hosts is his name.
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all [things], and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Gather up your bundle from the ground,
O you who dwell under siege!
O you who dwell under siege!
The Coming Destruction
Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.
Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”
“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will this time sling out the inhabitants of the land, and will distress them, that they may be found.
Woe is me because of my hurt!
My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is [my] grief, and I will bear it.
My tent is destroyed,
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and to set up my curtains.
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and to set up my curtains.
My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought Jehovah; therefore have they not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.
A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes! —
a great commotion out of the north country
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.
a great commotion out of the north country
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.
The voice of a rumour! 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 the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Jeremiah's Prayer
I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.
I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.
Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
and on the peoples that call not on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him and consumed him,
and have laid waste his habitation.
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, yea, they have eaten him up and consumed him, and have laid waste his dwelling-place.