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Idolatry Brings Destruction
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O Israel!
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O 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.
This is what the LORD says:
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by them.
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by 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.
Their ways are futile and foolish.
They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
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 gold and silver
and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails
so it won’t fall over.
and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails
so it won’t fall over.
they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Their gods are like
helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
They cannot speak,
and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of such gods,
for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”
helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
They cannot speak,
and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of such gods,
for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”
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.
LORD, there is no one like you!
For you are great, and your name is full of power.
For you are great, and your name is full of power.
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 nations?
That title belongs to you alone!
Among all the wise people of the earth
and in all the kingdoms of the world,
there is no one like you.
That title belongs to you alone!
Among all the wise people of the earth
and in all the kingdoms of the world,
there is no one 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.
People who worship idols are stupid and foolish.
The things they worship are made of wood!
The things they worship are made of wood!
But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish
and gold from Uphaz,
and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen
who make their idols.
Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes
made by expert tailors.
and gold from Uphaz,
and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen
who make their idols.
Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes
made by expert tailors.
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 only true God.
He is the living God and the everlasting King!
The whole earth trembles at his anger.
The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.
He is the living God and the everlasting King!
The whole earth trembles at his anger.
The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.
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.
But the LORD made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he 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 speaks in the thunder,
the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases 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.
The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
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.
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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.
Pack your bags and prepare to leave;
the siege is about to begin.
the siege is about to begin.
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 this is what the LORD says:
“Suddenly, I will fling out
all you who live in this land.
I will pour great troubles upon you,
and at last you will feel my anger.”
“Suddenly, I will fling out
all you who live in this land.
I will pour great troubles upon you,
and at last you will feel my anger.”
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.
My wound is severe,
and my grief is great.
My sickness is incurable,
but I must bear it.
and my grief is great.
My sickness is incurable,
but 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 home is gone,
and no one is left to help me rebuild it.
My children have been taken away,
and I will never see them again.
and no one is left to help me rebuild it.
My children have been taken away,
and I will never see them again.
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.
The shepherds of my people have lost their senses.
They no longer seek wisdom from the LORD.
Therefore, they fail completely,
and their flocks are scattered.
They no longer seek wisdom from the LORD.
Therefore, they fail completely,
and their flocks are scattered.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought Jehovah; therefore have they not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.
Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies
as they roll down from the north.
The towns of Judah will be destroyed
and become a haunt for jackals.
Jeremiah’s Prayer
as they roll down from the north.
The towns of Judah will be destroyed
and become a haunt for jackals.
Jeremiah’s Prayer
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, LORD, that our lives are not our own.
We are not able to plan our own course.
We are not able to plan our own course.
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.
So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
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.